Sentence examples for modest criticism from inspiring English sources

McCain's camp protested that Obama's reversal on public financing received only modest criticism from news organizations and reflected media bias favouring the Democrat.

Stung by a rightwing commentator who, in response to his rather modest criticisms of the Iraq war, described him as a "liberal internationalist", Patten writes: "To my mind there is nothing else for a sensible person to be".

Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said "some modest, limited criticisms of the president" might be expected from a candidate Clinton.

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Despite private fund-raising and public proposals, this modest effort drew criticism on Internet message boards.

That inspiring, devouring, confounding breathless flux is the source of our modest and generous criticism.

He was funny, ambitious but modest, accepting of criticism on the ice and in the classroom.

The play received modest reviews, including criticism for a lack of inside stories about The Simpsons, and its "overweeningly upbeat" tone.

While it cannot be said that Popper was a modest man, he took criticism of his theories very seriously, and spent much of his time in his later years trying to show that such criticisms were either based upon misunderstandings, or that his theories could, without loss of integrity, be made compatible with new and important insights.

Though he appeared modest in the face of criticism, he was vain in recalling compliments and craved publicity.

These more modest outfits wince at the criticism their flashier brethren are attracting.For the moment, though, dealmakers big and small are trying to stand united in the face of an onslaught.