Sentence examples for but without resorting from inspiring English sources

It embodied all the magic and generosity of Christmas, but without resorting to crudely tugging at people's heartstrings.

If only it were possible to lift and tighten the skin on your face – but without resorting to the surgeon's knife.

It also urged all Indonesian Muslims to "take all necessary measures to help their Muslim brothers in Afghanistan, but without resorting to violence".

The earlier films bring lumps to the throat by evincing a conventional nostalgia for childhood but without resorting to characteristic Disneyesque sentimentality.

He won independence for Cambodia from the French colonial rulers in 1953, using diplomacy and repression to outmaneuver his domestic rivals but without resorting to war, as his neighbors in Vietnam had done.

"We believe that there should be reforms emanating from the will of the Syrian people, but without resorting to violence" and American aid, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior aide to Iran's supreme leader, said in an interview with the Lebanese satellite television channel Al Mayadeen.

It took a political event and made it cinematic, but did so without resorting to the traditional ways of heavy-handed film-making (vast armies...).

It's been clear since her beautifully understated turn in Greg Mottola's excellent Adventureland that she has the ability to play these type of damaged but enigmatic characters without resorting to histrionics.

During my comment reconnaissance mission, under pieces I'd previously avoided, amid the toxic swamp and greyed-out abyss, it was heartening to see a lot of clever, interesting people conversing with one another, sometimes strongly disagreeing with something I'd said, but reasonably, normally, without resorting to insults.

If he stays too long, it'll be a serious problem for the country". Hu's challenge is to show that he can not only emerge from his predecessor's shadow but consolidate power without resorting to strongman politics.

You can defend your views, but do it without resorting to emotional attacks or defensiveness.