Sentence examples for struck a decent from inspiring English sources

(In that respect, Sotomayor struck a decent balance).

Where the first series struck a decent balance between mystery and revelation, perhaps the impending V-Day announcement and the rogue Network agents didn't quite have the same sense of urgency once there were fewer cats to let out of Lee and Arby's colourful bags.

As a filmmaker, Mr. Lurie cannot hope to match Peckinpah's lyricism, but he strikes a decent balance of bluntness and subtlety.

As a filmmaker, he added, "Mr. Lurie cannot hope to match Peckinpah's lyricism, but he strikes a decent balance of bluntness and subtlety".

Conversely, if the parties are able to strike a decent business deal on their own, the French press will quickly get some "compensation" from Google and might still keep most of its taxpayer subsidies.

Jacob was always trying to strike a decent mean between affirmation of his secret faith that art had been going wrong since the eighteen-sixties and his desire not to get caught up in the reactionary grievance-keeping that disfigured much of the revivalist world he lived in.

Kevin McDonough of Lawrence Journal-World wrote that The Buzz on Maggie "strikes a decent balance between cartoon anarchy and Disney's you-go-girl sermonizing".

But Morris actually struck a sometimes decent tone at CPAC, telling a meeting on the sidelines of the main event that Republicans need to face two big issues (immigration and abortion) that were putting off two vital voting blocs (Hispanics and young women).

Cameron deliberately struck a statesmanlike tone in a decent pro-business speech in which he asked to be able to "finish the job".

He shaped well behind Eton Forever, who is always effective fresh, over course and distance last month and looks primed to strike, granted a decent gallop, this time.

To strike up a decent conversation the two parties must have plenty to say, and they need to be quite different to avoid tedium.