Sentence examples for isn't confrontational from inspiring English sources

What he's up to with his trio, which played at Smalls on Tuesday night, isn't new in the temporal sense or "new" in the art-movement sense, which is to say it isn't confrontational or puzzling.

"David has this marvelous gift for addressing really difficult issues, in a way that people can get their arms around and get their hearts invested in, that isn't confrontational in a negative way," said Laura Faure, director of the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Me., a frequent summer destination for Mr. Dorfman's company since 1995.

But the notion of masculinity examined here isn't confrontational or imposing; rather, it is exploratory, a collection of singular interests: think of Gavin Pretor-Pinney's cloudspotting project, or this paper's Patrick Barkham and his butterfly pursuit, even when it's taken to its limits and dramatised into an all-consuming obsession, as in Robson Greene's Extreme Fishing TV show, or Top Gear.

What certainly helps is that my style isn't confrontational at all and I'm more interested in the atmosphere of the moment, rather than portraying people's facial features.

Otherwise, if you look unsure or meek, they'll write you off as someone who isn't confrontational.

The challenge is not confrontational.

Though the photographers' work is not confrontational, it is an occupation — of public space and, more important, people's minds.

But we do know that he is not confrontational, at least not in public.

Associates say Bishop Serratelli is a strict adherent to orthodox church teachings but is not confrontational in his preaching.

"Although Hollywood is very competitive, it is not confrontational," said Merle Ginsberg, the entertainment editor of W magazine, who is based in Los Angeles.

"Our approach is not confrontational," Hailo chairman Ron Zeghibe told DCist.com in September.