Sentence examples for Pat answer from inspiring English sources

When asked about her, George Steinbrenner's pat answer has been, "She hasn't been healthy," or "She doesn't like to travel".

So Mr. Paulson's pat answer raises a more fundamental question: What, if anything, would the administration be willing — or able — to do if the dollar slid to unacceptable lows?

I line up my team, and only me.' Asked if he could be Chelsea's manager and cope with this kind of pressure, Zico reverts to the pat answer: 'In football, everything is possible.' For now, the analysis of his current European opponents tends to the negative.

"If someone comes in and asks me, 'Should I pick up my car in Germany?' my pat answer is probably not," said Bruce Aiches, a car dealer in Santa Barbara, Calif., who has sold BMW's on the lot and through European-delivery plans for seven years.

Jeb Bush's early fumbling on the Iraq question – one for which he was expected to have developed a pat answer – set off a race among potential primary opponents to issue direct statements about the invasion.

There's no pat answer.

The pat answer-if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is-isn't bad advice, but isn't always enough.

Wait — answer the phone.

Short answer: too successful.

Short answer: theater is expensive.

Short answer: Maybe.