Sentence examples for calculated to endear from inspiring English sources

Valid though his critiques might have been, they weren't calculated to endear him to his colleagues".

This is certainly not a combination of positions calculated to endear Bobbitt either to the left or the right in the United States today.

I realise that my feelings towards the star system aren't calculated to endear me to anyone - many foodies who I count as friends and whose opinions I respect care a great deal about Michelin - but here are my reasons.

Both the obstruction and the tone of the apology conveyed her absolute conviction that she had done nothing wrong, which was not an attitude calculated to endear herself to the public or to fellow MPs who might defend her.

Inside the apartment, I angrily made a comment not calculated to endear me.

That is not going to endear them to anyone.

Plenty of people, anyway, want to endear themselves to her.

Rulers through the ages have tried to use flattering images to endear themselves to the populace.

His charm, chat and chutzpah continue to endear him to audiences well beyond the boxing ring.

Sniffing an opportunity to endear itself to its former vassal, Russia criticised the OSCE.

(She paid for ads designed to endear him to conservatives: "Todd Akin, a crusader against bigger government").