Sentence examples for call a poor from inspiring English sources

Or he'll call a poor shot a poor shot, and not look for excuses.

Some campaigners have criticised police for what they call a "poor response" but officers have admitted they are trying to identify particular danger spots.

"She has," Slocum complains, "what I believe is called a poor self-image".

Her husband, who sells bonds for a living and now receives nothing but commissions on what he sells, if anything, she calls a "poor lamb"...

A source within the SNP hit back at what she called a "poor attempt by Labour to deflect from its own campaign".

He broke his collarbone racing the Amilcar (which he calls a poor man's Bugatti) at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut in the 1960s.

He is humble enough to feel honoured rather than insulted to be called a poor man's Arsène Wenger and would be entitled to point out that in terms of available resources he has usually been poor indeed.

But to the City Council, and advocates for New York's lower-paying tenants, the increase issued by the city's Rent Guidelines Board in 2008 amounted to what they called a "poor tax".

Her husband, who sells bonds for a living and now receives nothing but commissions on what he sells, if anything, she calls a "poor lamb"..... View Article By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By John Cassidy By Amy Davidson Sorkin.

Her husband, who sells bonds for a living and now receives nothing but commissions on what he sells, if anything, she calls a "poor lamb"..... View Article By Rivka Galchen By Jia Tolentino By Ceridwen Dovey By Malcolm Gladwell.

But many of Mr. Thoman's friends -- and even some Xerox executives, speaking off the record -- ask how he could be called a poor leader if he never got a chance to lead.