Sentence examples for correcting him in from inspiring English sources

And with that in mind, I humbly apologize to Mr. Alford in advance for correcting him in such a public manner.

Don't add fuel to the fire by correcting him in front of your children.

If you have a habit of embarrassing or correcting him in public, you are probably causing a good deal of damage to his sense of self-importance and causing his feelings for you to wane as a result.

Qaddafi would spit at Howell whenever he dared to correct him in drills.

She corrects him in a tone that suggests he is a silly old dear.

We would have said something to correct him in the corner between rounds, but the guy knocked him out before we had a chance.

He spent three months in Paris "hammering" through the set with the help of his brother – a linguist – and some teachers to correct him in rehearsals.

His spokesman put out a press release saying that the candidate had "immediately corrected himself," but that wasn't true, either; it was McCain's sidekick, Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut sort-of Democrat, who corrected him, in a whispered aside.

"No, señor, actually, it's my reservation," Ronda corrects him in irritation.

What was it about my innocuous correction that had wound him up so much, and why had I bothered to correct him in the first place?

You may also correct him in a stern vice, but never yell.