Sentence examples for overt praise from inspiring English sources

Over all, her testimony seemed to steer a careful course between overt praise and oblique criticism of the Giuliani administration's legacies on welfare.

It is a form of indirection that avoids overt praise or censure, as in the casual irony of the statement "That was a smart thing to do!" (meaning "very foolish").

Mr. Geithner had little overt praise for a reform platform put forward in March by the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., saying the proposal "stimulated a very constructive set of discussions".

Mr. Geithner had little overt praise for a reform platform put forward in March by the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., saying the proposal "stimulated a very constructive set of discussions". Instead, he called for the Fed to have more authority in overseeing the stability of global markets.

Again, in his own "Preface" to this volume Peirce singles out both Ladd and Mitchell for commentary and overt praise (p. v).

Trump himself has had kind words for Erdogan, but such overt praise for someone with Erdogan's autocratic ambitions probably isn't a good idea.

Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven and Frans Siero found that even though teachers gave students thought to be learning-disabled twice as much overt verbal praise, they simultaneously gave more negative nonverbal feedback, such as exhibiting discouraging head movements.

Maybe if Duplass had phrased his initial tweet differently to avoid any overt Shapiro praise, he'd be in less trouble (you can follow people online you violently disagree with for the sake of diversifying your feed), but it's too late now.

Although a historic 2012 verdict by a Slovak court ended overt segregation and was praised by human rights watchdogs, a de facto segregation persists much as after Brown v. Board of Education.

In contrast, teachers' motivational strategies that undermine student autonomy (e.g., controlling strategies such as discouragement of student initiative, overt teacher control, conditional student acceptance and praise) may thwart students' psychological needs and thereby result in controlling forms of extrinsic motivation or lack of motivation, anxiety, and poor psychological adjustment [ 25].

Despite raising concerns for younger audiences with regard to the song's overt sexual lyrics, a reviewer for Flavour magazine praised Mr. Bangladesh's production on "Cockiness (Love It).