Sentence examples for complacent thinking from inspiring English sources

Part of me thinks some of them have been complacent, thinking a normal performance would be enough.

The complacent thinking that guided Chelsea's decision to dispense with five senior players, and replace them only with a pair of lightweights in Ramires and Yossi Benayoun, was in evidence once again last week with the sacking of Ancelotti's assistant Ray Wilkins.

Yet, recognizing China's "earthshaking change," he advises officials to embrace even greater change — to "emancipate our minds and overcome the attitude of being satisfied with the status quo, the inertia of conservative and complacent thinking, the fear of difficulties, and timid thinking".

Where habitual patterns operate on unchecked auto-pilot, efforts to explore and experiment (the prerequisites for innovation / entrepreneurial spirit) run smack into complacent thinking.

Labour has been complacent in thinking Ukip could simply split the Tory vote – it also appeals to Labour punters.

Straw says Labour lost working-class voters to Ukip and was complacent in thinking that Nigel Farage's party would damage the Tories most.

Have we been too complacent in thinking that the Americans were alone in developing creative techniques of extradition, interrogation and imprisonment?

"We have to make sure we don't become complacent in thinking that we've already accomplished our goal," Derek Fisher said.

"I'm quite nervous but I hope the nerves show that I'm not complacent and thinking that it's going to be easy," he told BBC Points West.

That is why the 18th-century idea of a "view" is such a false and complacent way of thinking about our environment.

"One guy on a punt return will get a little complacent and start thinking about coverage, as opposed to protection, and that's when you see the blocked punts," Houser said.