Sentence examples for potential critics from inspiring English sources

But more often, potential critics silence themselves pre-emptively.

Sudan quietly uses the promise of oil to buy off potential critics.

Prohibition will continue so long as its potential critics remain silent.

In recent months, Mr. Mugabe has increasingly lashed out at real and potential critics.

So I started defanging potential critics by announcing a dish was gluten-free, thereby lowering expectations.

The White House is working behind the scenes to mollify other potential critics.

Mr. Smith's toughest potential critic has had no recorded comment.

Despite all the rhetoric about academic freedom, BAT has bought off a potential critic.

But in another way, more psychological than material, Mattel has indeed turned him from a potential critic into a public cheerleader.

But it's also a move that brings a potential critic and rival inside the administration's camp, transforming a spokesman for conservatism into a salesman for the Romney White House's agenda — whether that agenda fits movement orthodoxy or not.

Over the last three weeks, the mayor and his aides have silenced a potential critic of his third-term bid with the promise of a plum position on a government committee, pressed groups that rely on his donations to speak on his behalf and cajoled union leaders to appear on camera endorsing his agenda.