Sentence examples for not an uplifting from inspiring English sources

Not an uplifting example.

It is not an uplifting picture.Religious freedom is still an issue.

OK, an attempted assassination of Ukip is not an uplifting way to launch the EU debate.

That was a high point in what was otherwise not an uplifting occasion.

But they do, and it's not an uplifting experience, even if you steady yourself with a glass of red wine poured too cold from a tap.

This is not an uplifting book; it reads like the geopolitical equivalent of a virus movie, which means it's unsettling precisely because it's plausible.

And this museum, in a region where ordinary life was a matter of bitter conflict, looks at the movement not as an uplifting triumph — which it surely was, however imperfect and however incomplete — but as a heroic battle fought through a dark maze of grim restrictions and dangerous confrontations.

It was not exactly an uplifting read: from the debate over Iran's nuclear intentions and what should be done about them to a new report suggesting the massive Gulf oil spill is not breaking down as rapidly as once thought.

That's not to say that some properties couldn't use an uplift in quality.

And while the Mixes are obviously the "traditional values" type of conservative, John claimed that their music is not political, but rather an"uplifting" alternative to most of the iniquity and sin that's out there now.

If scaring yourself silly is not for you, try Boyhood – an uplifting film by Richard Linklater.