Sentences with phrase «accusatory tones»

In an early scene at a church, the congregants discuss the role of reformed Catholicism in modern life in clipped, accusatory tones, while the taunting, dissonant sounds of an organ being cleaned adds to the cacophony.

In the simulation game Football Manager, if your club's squad is too large and you have too many players out on loan then the simulated journalists ask you questions in accusatory tones.

I found the accusatory tone of these books troublesome and tiresome.

he said, in an accusatory tone.

The unrelenting mood of grief - stricken portentousness is suffocating after a while, and even the consciously lighter moments — Eckhart and Sandra Oh getting stoned before a group therapy session, Kidman's accusatory tone over Eckhart's music taste — are often ground down, leaving the film often feeling like an airless exercise.

at everyone in an accusatory tone.

In the pack is a terse young woman with an accusatory tone.

In a press briefing with India just a few days ago, several different members of civil society (from environmental groups or the press) asked the same question in an accusatory tone: why won't India comply with the EU's «legally - binding treaty»?

Don't do it in an accusatory tone.

She rang me demanding — in an indignant and accusatory tone — «Where ARE you?»

Not exact matches

Conversely, it is not helpful to be accusatory or speak in a factual tone of voice, saying something like: You have been incredibly grouchy lately.

Perhaps he just means to advise the Liberals that such a tone — so negative and accusatory — has not served them well over the last few years.

The question, «what were you thinking,» can sound very accusatory when framed in the wrong tone.

And while I stand behind the facts I presented, I regret the tone I used — which was rather accusatory and preachy.

It's difficult to assess whether the tone is accusatory.

She eventually settled on the curator character — whose tone is more a mix of sardonic and wistful than purely accusatory — and reached out to Mr. Postlethwaite after she learned he was trying to get a wind turbine installed on his home.

«I was also somewhat taken aback by the tone of the Wegman Report, which seems overly accusatory towards Dr. Mann and his colleagues, rather than being a neutral, impartial assessment of the techniques used in his research.

The trial judge found the overall tone of Bennett's letter to be critical, accusatory and disrespectful.

When your partner senses your accusatory or frustrated tone, his / her brain then detects danger and goes into a flight - fight mode to defend against a perceived threat.