The real estate agent tried to discourage us, but it was the only house we looked at.

I try to discourage him, but he doesn't take the hint.

But frankly, we try to discourage people from our business who are too interested in money.

So you really should try to discourage it, even if they have their parents along.

I tried to discourage him, but in the end he became a little bit of a nuisance, you know?

"My doctor tried to discourage me from coming today," he said in a statement.

"Why are you trying to discourage us from going on?"

But her father, she said, tried to discourage him, saying it was much too dangerous these days.

I tried to discourage her at first, but I've come to think that it might be a good thing.

To try to discourage other animals the dead birds are usually left on the ground for several days.