Sentence examples for received wisdoms from inspiring English sources

And our long-standing alliances and received wisdoms have been called into question".

She read the scriptures as her mother told her to and learned to challenge received wisdoms as her father did.

Moffat said: "In writing The Village I wanted to get past these received wisdoms about the past and describe the bigger picture.

For those of a colonial mindset, this swirling postcolonial world is blurring distinctions and challenging received wisdoms at an alarming rate.

This drew hostility from practitioners because it challenged received wisdoms about the benefits of nursery education to children from less privileged backgrounds.

At 61, Sunderland's manager is surely the right man, in the right place, at the right time to not only breathe new life into the England team but challenge all sorts of dubious received wisdoms currently pervading Football Association philosophy.

"It was received wisdom.

Get ready for upending received wisdom: 1.

The received wisdom was patently wrong.

Certainly, that is the received wisdom.

Received wisdom passing for irreverence.