Sentence examples for toxic ways from inspiring English sources

Organizations cultivate in their talent systems toxic ways of policing the status quo, and then they wonder why they can't change.

The protagonist is a dry drunk who relapses (either physically or spiritually, it's never entirely clear) when a ghost-bartender serves him a long row of whiskey shots at the deserted bar; and the novel explores what happens when longing isn't reckoned with, only suppressed; how anger and nostalgia can combine forces in toxic ways.

Cooper, now 38, tells GQ that at age 29 he faced the realization that he had to change his toxic ways and focus on getting his life together.

Not having access to those tools or not feeling empowered to use them is one of the reasons people self-medicate, both with drugs and alcohol, but also in myriad other nuanced, sometimes toxic ways.

What this also means is that the underlying issues that have been conveniently swept under the rug rise to the surface; shadow elements are revealed and, when they're not addressed consciously, they come out in toxic ways.

"When you're in a dark place emotionally and act out in toxic ways, sometimes you step outside yourself for a second and you're just like 'why are you torturing this person?' but you're either powerless to change yourself or you're too proud and lazy to".

"It's a toxic way to raise children".

Why, I ask him, is the human rights court seen in such a toxic way in Britain?

BILL TAYLOR: To me, I would find that a very toxic culture to be in and a very toxic way to live my life.

Then the pang of guilt leaps in: here I am, in the real world, demanding so much from these little faces and in the most toxic way.

These dynamics build upon each other in a toxic way: companies lobby more, create closer relationships through revolving doors and embed themselves in Washington's social life.