Sentence examples for were being respectful from inspiring English sources

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As long as they were being respectful, they wanted their children to enjoy themselves.

"They were heckling me all day, yet we were being respectful".

As long as you were being respectful of people, you could do whatever the fuck you wanted (see principle 5, radical self-expression).

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He was being respectful.

"We are being respectful of the process," he said.

Why is being respectful and tolerant seen as being vulnerable?

He wants to support his home team, and we are being respectful of that wish".

"It is very important to Tony to spend time with the family... but [he] is being respectful".

"The political leadership in Israel … is being respectful of Egyptian honour, afraid to sneeze next to them or demand, heaven forbid, that they do anything," he wrote.

So if the person's giving me feedback is also open, is also listening to me, is giving me eye contact, is being respectful, is not pushing my buttons.

Personally, I think he was being respectful of the situation.

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