Sentence examples for paternalistic air from inspiring English sources
Both Alter and Toobin assumed a slightly paternalistic air, acting as though she had unreal expectations given that Obama has always been a centrist.
She glows with delight because, in 1936, this line sounded paternalistic and kindly to British audiences, rather than paternalistic and appalling.
Throwing off paternalistic strictures and discovering self-sufficiency were in the air during the eight years Abu Nowar spent trying to get projects off the ground in Jordan; production on Theeb coincided with the start of the Arab spring.
There's an old-fashioned patrician air about him that registers as charming one minute and overbearingly paternalistic the next.
Two years after leaving the air, she began writing editorial pieces, including one in the New York Times rapping President Obama for his "paternalistic" attitude toward women during the 2012 campaign and another excoriating Planned Parenthood.
Are behavioral nudges paternalistic?
That would be paternalistic.
And yes, it's paternalistic.
"That's paternalistic and condescending.
"These environmentalists are paternalistic," he said.
