Sentence examples for dismissive speaking from inspiring English sources

They have condemned some of his most severe statements, but stopped short of appearing too dismissive – speaking instead of a frustration among conservatives that Trump has successfully tapped into.

"They're as comfortable speaking truth to power as they are dismissive of platitudes and punditry," he continued.

Mr. Vucic, speaking to supporters after the first protest, was dismissive.

They discovered many encountered attitudes ranging from patronising – officers ignoring them and speaking only to their support worker – to the downright dismissive.

Instead of getting caught up in the heat of the moment when someone seems to be insulting or dismissive of you, try to think about why they might be speaking that way.

He was taciturn and dismissive, and seemed to speak at all only because Ilasaca kept peppering him with questions about long-closed local mines and concessions and partnerships.

Robson declined the opportunity to sign the centre-half, even on a free transfer, and his doubts about Boumsong's suitability for British football were confirmed when the club's talismanic England striker Alan Shearer was marked by Boumsong in a pre-season game against Rangers and came off to speak in dismissive terms about the Frenchman's lack of physicality.

Though it has become popular in our culture for (many) people of influence to project supreme confidence, speak in dismissive and sarcastic tones and dominate the "conversation," Jewish tradition (Pirke Avot 5 9) teaches that there are "seven traits that characterize a cultivated individual" -- they all have to do with how we communicate.

I am not speaking of corruption or of MPs' expenses abuses but of its unhealthy sneer or dismissive joke without any basis in fact.

Trump appears to be speaking for a small but notable minority, with Yale finding that 10% of Americans are "dismissive" of climate change as an issue.

When asked about the impact on his siblings, he was dismissive of their concerns and spoke in a callous way.