Sentence examples for element of complacency from inspiring English sources

Perhaps an element of complacency crept in, perhaps Arsenal slowly shook themselves out of their daze and began to play, perhaps the replacement of Arshavin with Emmanuel Eboué gave them a greater defensive presence on the right; certainly those seemed to be the commonest explanations.

At first there was an element of complacency in England's batting, which ultimately gave way to constipation as the Bangladesh bowlers, as a pack scenting their first international win of this calendar year after 24 failed attempts, kept their nerve superbly.

But she rejects any fear of complacency.

"But this has led to a degree of complacency within our civil-military leadership that perhaps they have completely destroyed these elements, or broken their back," Gul said.

The risk is of complacency".

"There is a lot of complacency".

He cannot be accused of complacency.

Sceptics view it as evidence of complacency.

There is a moral element here, too: when accepted forms of beauty and their attendant assumptions go unquestioned for too long, a kind of blindness, born of complacency, can set in.

"There's absolutely no chance of complacency.

But, he said, "the level of complacency is eroding.