Sentence examples for acceptable criticism from inspiring English sources

When the players heard that one tabloid newspaper had published a poll in which their readers were invited to decide whether they would prefer to have David James or a donkey in goal for England, they decided that it transgressed the bounds of acceptable criticism.

Lingens v. Austria (1986) was relied upon in support of the premise that "the limits of acceptable criticism are accordingly wider as regards a politician as such than as regards a private individual".

Is it ever really acceptable for criticism to be so over the top, considering that there are human beings behind every venture?

After recounting a series of devastating reviews — including one that called Coldplay "the most insufferable band of the decade" — and potent put-downs by the likes of Dorothy Parker (that Katharine Hepburn could "run the gamut of emotions from A to B") she concludes: Is it ever really acceptable for criticism to be so over the top, considering that there are human beings behind every venture?

"Is it ever really acceptable for criticism to be so over the top, considering that there are human beings behind every venture?," writes Sullivan.

Instead of gloating in my "there were no weapons of mass destruction" now-acceptable LLL criticisms, I decided to take the diplomatic route: I shut up and saw the film again.

Seven times, however, struggled the writer before achieving an acceptable compromise between criticism, tact.

"What has happened to our culture that would make Fox Searchlight Pictures believe this is acceptable entertainment?" Such criticism seems wildly misplaced.

The demonisation of those and other left organisations, by liberal as well as conservative voices, renders individual left thought and action sometimes acceptable but collective criticism and activity always deeply suspect.

"The Chinese society Wang re-enters enjoys more space for critical voices than it did a decade ago, but those who express themselves politically continue to risk crossing that invisible line that separates 'acceptable' criticism from 'incitement.'incitement

They say that the 1998 statute, by banning software tools used to circumvent the locks on digital material, prevents consumers from using copyrighted works in ways that have long been considered acceptable -- excerpts for criticism or teaching, say, or making a personal backup copy.