Sentence examples similar to a pat question from inspiring English sources
The essence of poetry, after all, is to avoid pat questions, pat answers, and good questions chosen because they invite pat answers.
An Irish leap, or, A pat reply to a plain question [graphic] / Woodward delt.
So the producers who screened and scheduled the audience questions deserve a pat on the back, at the very least.
Earnest skips the question and gives a pat answer about how the US will make aid decisions based on its interests and the law.
As it jounces along toward a pat, unsatisfying ending, it leaves essential questions unanswered.
Questions are not looking for a pat on the back from the group.
If you suspect the answer to that question is "Actually, no," give yourself a pat on the back.
Don't dodge the question, try to change the subject, or give a pat answer such as "I'm a perfectionist" or "I don't have any weaknesses".
"When he's asked a question, he doesn't respond to it, he gives a pat answer," she said.
To the question: "Who do we love when we love?" the author and director Pascal Rambert does not provide a pat answer.
