Sentence examples for rather than friendly from inspiring English sources

Service is cool, rather than friendly, with muted voices and very few smiles.

A lot more might then choose to do so than if left to deal with unfamiliar watt-hours rather than friendly old miles per gallon.

But though the Americans had talked of pressing a "reset" button, the atmosphere on both sides was pragmatic and reserved rather than friendly.

I would talk about in group and out group rather than friendly and unfriendly, because the real problem is humans, and who we decide we want to help.

Whereas a hug or small token (not a gift, things like "I grabbed your favorite snack from the bodega on the way to your apartment") might be common between girlfriends, a man might read these gestures as sexual and romantic interest rather than friendly affection.

When you watch too much porn, you will recognize that your head is only thinking about sex and intercourse constantly, so as you meet your friend, you will look at them more in a sexual way rather than friendly way.

Scrivener insisted that the courts should become user-friendly rather than judge-friendly and wrote a charter that was adopted by Prime Minister John Major.

If you want proof that our food system is corporate-friendly rather than consumer-friendly, putting consumer health at unnecessary risk, take a look at the FDA's Final Rule on Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS), which was released last Friday.

Rather than the friendly equanimity espoused as typically conservative by the English philosopher Michael Oakeshott, this is a fighting nostalgia.

Others say that the layout, which is designed to be pedestrian rather than car friendly, has created dark alleys and corners.

The most striking alterations in the versions of the film are the addition of more folk music, and the change (suggested by Zanuck) that Earp and Clementine part at the end with a chaste kiss rather than the friendly handshake that had drawn laughter at the first screening.