Sentence examples for flattering term from inspiring English sources

Even doctors who treat obese patients feel stigmatized: "diet doctor" is not a flattering term.

The office — a flattering term for a ramshackle tan trailer with brown trim — was down a dirt road, across from a nursery lined with unplanted pots.

(The stigmatizing term "obese," from the Latin obesus, originally meant "having eaten well" until it was reclassified by 19th-century doctors and health workers, just as "fat" was once a flattering term used by the Greeks).

These are sectors in which the government continues to play a large role, in the form of licenses and other forms of control, and in which there's a presumption of a government-business nexus – or collusion, to use a less flattering term, according to Ms. Gandhi and Mr. Walton.

Jones, February 9 , 1898 describes in highly flattering terms Klebs' management of the sanatorium: "Dr.

Mr. Spangenberg's opponents use less flattering terms to describe his work.

One only wishes that Williams would use her wealth and notoriety to paint herself in equally flattering terms.

This year, he described Mr. Trump in less than flattering terms, calling him someone who has been "a loser all his life.

Football fans booed the song when it was played at Wembley stadium, and players including Ian Wright and Rio Ferdinand were quoted describing it in less than flattering terms.

CLEVELAND — Knicks Coach Mike Woodson described the newest Knick, Dan Gadzuric, in less than flattering terms: "A veteran big that's been around, that can use fouls, rebound and defend".

Instead, Bryant's hardcore work ethic – some have used less flattering terms than that – may see him return in a matter of weeks.