Sentence examples for tempered language from inspiring English sources

He also reiterated, though in tempered language, the potential of long-lasting damage to Chinese-American relations.

Such tempered language points to the fine line that global health agencies walk, says James Hodge Jr, professor of public health law and ethics at Arizona State University.

Instead, he uses more tempered language to argue for confronting the program's financial challenges while arguing that politicians must be willing to have "a frank, honest national conversation" about how to make the necessary changes.

Using a gentle tone and tempered language, this President Trump struck a new note of bipartisan appeal: "We endured floods and fires and storms," he said of his first year in office.

It was the same tempered language that Mr. Bush typically uses to discuss abortion, which he opposes except in cases of rape, incest or risk to a pregnant woman's life.

Formal apologies can leave countries vulnerable to law suits – so leaders, when pressed to lament, opt for tempered language.

The Pataki administration would essentially reword the statutes to temper language linking state inspections to Orthodox practice, rabbis and aides to the governor said.

After the election, Mr. Schwarzenegger tempered his language somewhat.

Privately, Trump is being cautioned extensively to stay out of the fight over Kavanaugh, according to two White House advisers, and so far has tempered his language.

At first Washington was strongly critical of Israel, but the administration soon tempered its language and has instead reportedly pressed for concessions from the Israelis in private.

"He accepted it and I think in many respects, the personal nature of our relationship was what tempered the language coming out of the palace, the releases, his own engagement with the media and so on.