Sentence examples for seeming tone from inspiring English sources

Other lawmakers have also called for pay increases -- sometimes facing political backlash for seeming tone deaf to what their voters are experiencing.

But for the most part the political leadership seems tone deaf.

December's protests broadened into condemnations of a government whose aggressive response to protests seemed tone deaf and, at times, incompetent.

White rejoicing at Obama's racial landmark seemed tone deaf, unduly self-congratulatory. White voters had simply done something black voters had been doing for at least the previous hundred and thirty-four years.

Protests that began more than a week ago as anguished cries against sexual violence in Indian society have broadened into angry condemnations of a government whose response has seemed tone deaf and, at times, incompetent.

Asked why the pope seemed tone deaf to the moment, the Vatican explained that he had previously spoken about his own experiences and had denounced the Holocaust in more emotional terms, and that he had no need to repeat himself.

Several explanations are floating around Washington about why Mr. Bush's speech -- which the White House had advertised as the moment when the president would take command of the issue -- seemed tone deaf about the markets and the political mood.

Of greater concern is that the current opposition seems tone deaf to the advice of respected military officers and conservative security experts.

But amidst the discussion of rape and sexual harassment in the country and the need for change, India's politicians seem tone deaf and aren't helping.

Still, Amazon's promotion does seem tone-deaf, considering the mood of the times.

Many of those interviewed seem tone-deaf to their own gushing excesses and overwhelmed by displays of largess.