Sentence examples for instead of complimenting from inspiring English sources

Instead of complimenting the work we've done, they tend to take a standoffish, "if-you're-lucky-you-might-get-a-piece-of-this" approach.

Criticize instead of complimenting.

Instead of complimenting their body parts, tell them they look good in their new outfit (compliment the color scheme) or they are really improving a lot on the pole-tricks, stuff like that.

But I see a lot of women (and men) who really are looking for someone to "complete" instead of "compliment them.

Instead of getting complimented for this, he was condemned by the same people who should have done this discovery themselves.

He had a way of complimenting you.

He again demonstrated that he is Mr. November — a deficiency instead of a compliment when the sport is football, not baseball.

Between Wingfield-Hayes's expulsion and the strange treatment of the foreign journalists invited to cover the showcase congress – who, at the time of writing, had not been allowed within a multi-lane road's breadth of the actual meeting – the country is rapidly receiving a terrible press, instead of the compliments it had surely hoped for.

You can make noncommittal statements or say nothing, instead of giving compliments that sound false.

Instead, stick to complimenting the following items: Eyes.

President Bush arrived here tonight for the annual summit meeting of major industrialized nations, but instead of basking in compliments for his actions to combat terrorism, he faced skepticism over his demand that Yasir Arafat be replaced.