I was married and we had one child then, and no money, but my wife encouraged me to go for it.

And my wife, Gloria, encouraged me to try to make things rhyme.

An American wife might encourage her husband to go to the local pub to watch a baseball game with his pals.

Fearing for her family, his wife encouraged him to move elsewhere.

My wife and daughter had encouraged me to try it.

Like most of the clients, her lover is married, yet his wife encourages them to sleep together in the family home.

His first wife had encouraged that interest in him, his second was still doing so.

His wife retrieved the manuscript and encouraged him to finish it.

But his wife, Chris, encouraged him to stay with baseball.

But his wife, Nancy, encouraged him to keep at his work.