However, his mother, a religious woman, discouraged the idea.

I wasn't pretty, had no feminine wiles, partly because my mother discouraged them.

I saw no evidence her mother discouraged her from dating older men.

His mother, who was busy raising eight children, did not exactly discourage his outlaw tendencies.

His mother discouraged him, angering Fox, though she later came to support the project.

His mother became a saleswoman at Alexander's department store to support the family, and discouraged him from discussing the divorce.

When they found out, both Dworkin and my mother had strongly discouraged this talent.

We could return for a bathroom break, if absolutely necessary, but my mother didn't discourage going in the bushes.

Linda did not start off playing basketball, her mother strongly discouraged it.

Her father tried to keep in contact, but her mother discouraged it, and all contact was subsequently lost.