How to use "encouraged" in a sentence

"Go on," Cham encouraged her.

Learn at the highest level, he encouraged

At the craps tables, the crowds, primarily men, were more boisterous than the blackjack aficionados; they screamed, howled, cheered, groaned, encouraged the shooter, and prayed loudly to the dice

He was encouraged by her resilience.

George was encouraged by the President to believe that eventually he would be promoted to the bureau chief of the entire western half of the country - and then all the way to the top, if only he could get the floundering western division functioning as smoothly as the South American and Nevada offices

For a long time I lay close to the opening until, encouraged by the silence, I looked out.