Sentence examples for by complacent from inspiring English sources

A mass movement was gestating, undetected by complacent celebrators of liberalism's hegemony.

Attractive advertising would not save dull products made by complacent companies that did not have a culture of innovation.

Unlike 1994, when Republicans shocked Democrats by capturing dozens of seats held by complacent incumbents, there will be no sneak attacks this year.

They were clearly nervous and doing their best – far nicer than being ignored by complacent or too-cool-for-school staff.

In "The Stepford Wives" (Random House, 1972), the women in an idyllic suburb appear to have been replaced by complacent, preternaturally well-endowed androids.

The famed quality guru W Edwards Deming helped Toyota set up its manufacturing methods after being spurned by complacent US auto makers.

The tormented Rothko is unnerved by a complacent society and horrified by art buyers who only want something to hang over the mantle.

In one fell swoop, Newt Gingrich focused the worlds' attention on all of the ignorance that has plagued Israel through more than 30 years of rhetoric and innuendo: a rhetoric cultivated by Israel's opponents and nurtured by those complacent enough to accept it as gospel.

Babar, such interpreters have insisted, is an allegory of French colonization, as seen by the complacent colonizers: the naked African natives, represented by the "good" elephants, are brought to the imperial capital, acculturated, and then sent back to their homeland on a civilizing mission.

Modern Britain is ensnared by a complacent view of the past.

A few mavericks did spot the financial crisis coming, but their views were dismissed by a complacent economics establishment.