Sentence examples for are not mediocre from inspiring English sources

I went into his post with my elbows up, expecting to object to his disparagements — because the Kings, really, are not mediocre, and I have enjoyed the games — but I found myself agreeing with most of what he had to say.

I say this in spite of the facts that 1) the first round is often the most entertaining one, a kind of April Madness, 2) the Kings, who I repeat are not mediocre, would not have qualified this year, because they finished eighth in their conference, and 3) it will never happen, because the owners and the players will not forfeit the money they make from playing all those games.

Accept that you are doing so for yourself, and if that is not enough, to impress other kids who are not mediocre.

"I don't like mediocre people — I'm not mediocre," she once told reporters, and some family members are said to address her as "Madame Taubira".

A student handed in a paper that wasn't very good; her English teacher looked directly at her and said, "Miss Walsh, this is a mediocre paper and you are not a mediocre person". A harsh public reprimand, but also an affirmation with an impact that endures.

Actually, after falling to 4-10 under Coach Don Chaney, the Knicks are not even mediocre.

The realization that the Bruins aren't even mediocre at running the ball was taking hold.

He backs Dibi up: "The contest judges are not good, or even mediocre, surfers for the most part".

They contend that government peer review panels and budgetary constraints insure that mediocre projects are not financed.

But the similarities to last year, when Mores Wells beat a mediocre bunch, are not confined to the fact that he was trained, like Moiqen, by Kevin Prendergast.

But all of the benchmarks that ultimately differentiate good universities from mediocre ones are not rolled up into a single criterion of overall performance.