Sentence examples for defuse negative from inspiring English sources

(222) A plausibly detailed story would defuse negative conclusions drawn from the superficial sketch of the system in the Chinese Room.

The Wall Street Journal reports that embattled financial giant Goldman Sachs is launching a PR offensive designed to defuse negative perceptions of the company.

Meditation provides a small scale parallel to the larger enterprise of defusing negative thinking by teaching us to effectively manage the random thoughts interfering with mindfulness.

Yet Nadiya has managed to defuse the negative, politicised and stereotypical discourse surrounding Muslims in one beat of a whisk.

But it is two years away from the tragedy, she said, and for some, "the second anniversary can be a catalyst to extricate themselves from the paralysis of grief and to defuse the negative energy".

A proponent of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, Murphy-O'Connor strove to defuse the negative reaction of non-Catholic clergy in Britain to the Vatican declaration Dominus Iesus (2000; "The Lord Jesus"), which stated that the Roman Catholic Church was the only instrument of salvation.

Even if there weren't any problems to begin with, the very act of attempting to resolve the tension has the potential to defuse some negative feelings.

But Obama's aides defused most negative reaction from military veterans' groups by insisting he would not second-guess the decision to drop the bombs.

Women tend to smoke for somewhat different reasons than men: as a coping strategy for feelings of stress and lack of control over their lives, as part of a daily routine to take a break from caregiving and other work, as time to share intimacies with partners or friends, or to "distance and defuse relationships" and control negative emotions.

But Mr Cameron knows his tireless work in defusing health as a negative issue – a key plank of his "detoxification" of the Tories – could be undone unless he allays fears over "back door privatisation".

And even if the person joking wasn't as benign as he or she ought to be, sometimes laughing along with a joke intended to elicit a negative reaction can defuse its power to harm and stop the person from making any more attempts at unkind humor.