Sentence examples for spirited criticism from inspiring English sources

Mr. Fine said he had heard about the talking points and accepted such spirited criticism as part of the job for any inspector general.

Construction in the 1980s created a new main entrance and underground reception hall in the vast Napoleon Courtyard, between the two galleries; the large glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei to cover the entrance aroused both strong support and spirited criticism.

The move to limit the gatherings was met at once with spirited criticism from groups who questioned the constitutionality of the restrictions and argued that the possibility of damage to the lawn was no more than a pretext to mute political protest.

What They Were Thinking drew spirited criticism of the picture of the Gores' display of affection in the White House Map Room, three years before their famous convention kiss -- and of our decision to print that photograph a month before the election.

But it was Pawlenty's position on cutting tax rates that drew the most spirited criticism.

For mean-spirited criticism, keep some stock-standard responses in your head for maneuvering out of the situation without letting yourself down or causing the other person pain.

Before some mean-spirited blogger hurls criticism my way, let's be clear: I love, love, l-o-v-e teachers.

The controller of BBC TV channels has come out fighting against government criticism with a spirited defence of its "unashamedly popular" and distinctive television and a warning over future erosion of its independence.

Now it's fair to point out that some of the criticism is mean spirited.

Sure, he faced some criticism after his spirited outburst.

But Trevett claims that "it is special in the thoroughness of that appeal to Biblical precedent, in its sometimes cautious, but often spirited, case for women, in its criticism of Church and clergy, and in its optimism" (Trevett 1991, 54).