Sentence examples for never excessive from inspiring English sources

The crux of the problem, however, was never excessive torture; it was authorized torture.

"It is tremendously rich and tremendously precise but also never excessive.

As most men do in relationships, I wanted to reassure my partner that she looked good, but there was never excessive pressure for me to tell Grace she looked fine; that she wasn't fat.

Discussing Mr. Lagerfeld's passion for French culture, Mr. du Vignaud, an old friend, said: "Although it is highly decorative, it is never excessive, and this is a notable difference from German and Italian art of the same period.

This advisory record presupposes, falsely, that the federal criminal justice system is virtually flawless; that injustices almost never occur, sentences are almost never excessive, circumstances almost never change, and mercy is almost never appropriate.

Whilst all dogs lost weight during the study, this was not likely to be due to methionine or cysteine deficiency because food intake was never affected and weight loss occurred in a controlled fashion and was never excessive (i.e. < 3%% per week).

Never put excessive force on a sharp.

Yanagihara's rendering of Jude's abuse never feels excessive or sensationalist.

Unions never wielded excessive power when compared to the power of employers.

If he lost a match, he'd put his arms out: 'Well, I tried my best.' And when he won, he'd pump his fist, both fists at head level: 'Yeah, I won!' But it was never anything excessive".

Peter Orszag '91 says we have never run excessive budget deficits over an extended period of time, "outside of a war". Has he looked east out of his window lately, or do the lost lives and defense expenditures in the Mideast only fall in the accountant's column as off-balance-sheet police action?