Sentence examples for somewhat welcome from inspiring English sources

I think this aspect of the game goes…mostly well, and it's a somewhat welcome switch from the original trilogy's more linear approach, but there are some caveats.

He has even received a (somewhat perfunctory) welcome from Hillary Clinton.

As the Yugoslavs staged a very formal and somewhat restrained welcome, the Chinese Communists openly snubbed the Soviet leader by sending a low-ranking embassy officer to the official airport ceremony.

Can we curse on TV now?" That's a somewhat ominous welcome, since one of the show's strong points has always been that it flirts with bad taste but (usually) pulls up just short of it.

The hostages had returned to Korea on Sept. 2 to a somewhat frosty welcome, with their church under heavy criticism for sending its members into such an obviously dangerous environment and putting the government in a bind.

The seriousness of the enterprise is apparent only in the warm, somewhat formal welcome by a hostess in evening wear (she turns out to be a cousin of the owner, Samarn Pecharatubtim) and in this small-type manifesto at the bottom of the menu: "We use only top quality chicken breasts, leanest beef and virtually fat-free pork in our preparations".

A senior minister, somewhat piously, welcomed the decision as overdue.

The narrative may elude any satisfyingly certainty, and it somewhat overstays its welcome, but the execution marries real panache with utter control; all four performers, lithe and loose-limbed, are superb.

This makes paying attention to the chaplain's welcome somewhat difficult.

The overall scope and passionate arguments of the book, though wide-ranging and somewhat complicated, are welcome additions to the policy arena that tends toward the dry and over-simplified". "With his extensive experience and expertise, Edward St. John offers a significant contribution in our understanding of the role of financial aid policy in accessing higher education over the past decades.

A few people walked out toward the end of "2"; and in each dance both choreography and score somewhat outstayed their welcomes.