Sentence examples for confrontational phrases from inspiring English sources
There is a precision to their movements but also an almost tossed-off quality; shoulders shrug at the end of confrontational phrases, as if to invite a fight and laugh it off simultaneously.
Then Terry blurted out his most confrontational phrase: "If it upsets him or any other player, so what?" Was he, the broadcasters wondered, frustrated at losing the captain's armband?
It also suggests an intolerance for self-importance, particularly when practiced by people in positions of influence or advantage — this is, after all, the same generation that coined the hashtag #humblebrag, the appellation "woke," and the confrontational phrase "Check your privilege".
For example, you may rephrase the confrontational phrase, "you were supposed to figure that out," in a way that is non-confrontational by saying something more like, "we need to resolve this issue".
Avoid confrontational tones, words, and phrases.
Adès's interpretation was again big in scale and emotionally confrontational, an approach that matched Tetzlaff's way with the work, phrased in huge lyrical paragraphs and often searchingly intense.
Even with its polite phrasing, the front-page plea and a sarcastic accompanying editorial marked an unusually confrontational tone for a Chinese newspaper.The object of the plea was Chen Yongzhou, a reporter who had written 15 articles alleging financial irregularities by Zoomlion, a maker of construction equipment in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, 700km (435 miles) away.
None were confrontational.
