Sentence examples for call complacent from inspiring English sources

That's a major difference between the progressivism Rosenberg describes, and what I call "complacent conservatism".

Back in the 1950s, national newspaper critics were mostly London focused, covering what the radical director Joan Littlewood called "complacent, well-behaved, middle-class theatre".

This has been called "complacent" behaviour.

Arnie Slabaugh wrote in his 1975 book on the same subject, "we have been called complacent about our independence and the American way of life in recent years—judging by the sale of these coins, it must have been much worse in 1926!" Sinnock reused the reverse for the Franklin half dollar, first struck in 1948, the year after his death.

Chairman Swannell insists that it is "utterly misplaced" to call us complacent.

Call me complacent, but there's something about the whole genre that feels too glib, too shiny, too Newport Beachy.

Call me complacent, but I feel it's unlikely that criminals are lurking in the shrubbery, just waiting until I lug the recycling bags out of the garage before they make their move.

They do not understand the nature of my qualifications and call me complacent for failing to respond to listed vacancies for cleaners and checkout operators at Asda and Tesco.

In response, Saatchi calls them complacent.

He criticized the Awakening guards nearby, calling them complacent and incompetent for allowing the bomber to get so close.

The Steelers admitted that they began to play softer pass defense — Polamalu called it "complacent" — in the second half, cautious with a 13-point lead and the ticking clock.