Sentence examples for emphasized skeptical from inspiring English sources

Hellenic culture emphasized skeptical scientific inquiry.

In private conversations with Israeli officials and a few public statements, administration officials have emphasized that they remain skeptical of Iran's intentions on the nuclear program, and that they will judge Iran by its actions, not by the conciliatory words of its newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani.

Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill emphasized that the United States had a skeptical attitude about coordinating currency policy with allies or arranging financial bailouts for developing countries that mismanaged their economies or squandered previous aid packages from the West.

Yet, as Positivism gave way to Naturalism as the dominant force in 20th century Anglophone philosophy, scholarship on Hume has increasingly emphasized the naturalistic elements in Hume, while reinterpreting, even downplaying, his skeptical tendencies (Kemp Smith, 1941; Stroud 1977, Garrett 1997).

This approach, pioneered by others before Dumézil, also was skeptical of the easy identification of gods with natural forces and emphasized the sociological functions of the divinities without, however, holding to a reductionist theory.

America emphasized mass production.

Lilly emphasized the positive.

All emphasized melodrama.

Peasant production was emphasized.

It emphasized "direct manipulation".

He emphasized two points.