Sentence examples for but reinforcing from inspiring English sources

It is only looking back that I realise I wasn't beating the system but reinforcing it".

Connor Wickham cast a lonely figure up top, doing little but reinforcing the need for additional options.

When you post an image of men sitting around a table (and yes, the gender disparity is often glaring) you're contributing to the impression that you're doing nothing but reinforcing the status quo.

He referenced Secretary Clinton's July 15 foreign policy address at the Council on Foreign Relations, noting the offer of engagement with Iran -- but reinforcing that such an offer is not indefinite.

Earlier this month, Mr. Lee called for South Koreans to reduce energy consumption and exchange their dollars for won, prompting some loyal citizens to line up at banks with dollars in hand, but reinforcing the image abroad that Seoul was unable to come up with a more effective response.

According to one recent survey, more than half of German vacationers chose this year to take their summer breaks in their own country — a marked increase on industry figures in recent years, but reinforcing a trend: by vacationing at home, the researcher Ulrich Reinhardt said in a magazine article last year, Germans "feel a sense of security".

Old assumptions have not been "challenged" but reinforced.

His analysis does nothing but reinforce tired clichés.

But reinforced concrete -- concrete with steel bars inside -- is heavier.

Higher education does not increase social mobility but reinforces existing barriers.

Other episodes on Friday did not lead to deaths but reinforced the tensions.