Sentence examples for mild term from inspiring English sources

"We are not even talking about partiality or bias, because that would be a mild term," he said.

Portugal, for instance, has the highest density of highways in Western Europe, he said, "which is clearly unreasonable, to use a mild term".

Disappointment is a mild term for what I think of the Gray Campaign for Mayor.

The hawks want Obama to back up his calls for Assad's fall with more direct support for the rebels, including continuous operations by U.S. aircraft (which is what the deceptively mild term "no-fly zone" means in practice).

The resolution is couched in mild terms (see article).

"It is hard to describe in mild terms the stupidity of this bizarre investigation".

Most of the other cases against him have been decided in his favor or settled on relatively mild terms.

Simon Danczuk became the prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour in 2007, after a pretty ugly process that Karen describes in mild terms: "I wouldn't say he was parachuted in – it was a tough fight.

That one, coming amid a terrifying financial crisis that the speaker described in surprisingly mild terms ("our economy is badly weakened"), had been a surprisingly pedestrian call for unity, for abandoning "stale political arguments" and "worn-out dogmas".

"A fist fight took place in one of the ante-rooms of the building where the National Committee meets, to-day, and 'liar,'thiefef,'scoundrelel' and 'skunk' are mild terms in the conversations between politicians".

A Haaretz editorial said, "it is hard to describe in mild terms the stupidity of this bizarre investigation".