Sentences with phrase «as accusatory»

She also recommends using «I statements» — for example, «I'm having difficulties managing my workload» — to avoid coming across as accusatory or confrontational.

The key is not to come off as accusatory, but to emphasize that whatever changes are necessary will ultimately make the person a better manager.

Not exact matches

Use statements such as, «I notice this...» or «I am impacted when...» instead of «you never do this...» or «you always make me feel that...» Words like «always» and «never» sound accusatory and often put people on the defensive.

If you had chosen to send an email inquiring about their lack of punctuality, it could come across as cold and possibly accusatory.

fishon: «I have been accussed of coming off as sarcastic, combative, and accusatory before.

Bob, I have been accussed of coming off as sarcastic, combative, and accusatory before.

There has been a time or two that he has been very straightforward in his disagreement with me — but I don't see his sharp disagreeing as sarcastic, combative, and accusatory.

Reason I ask is, you come off as sarcastic, combative, and accusatory.

You continue to come across as arrogant, lacking original thought, and accusatory.

These remarks are not intended to be accusatory so much as to help uncover the roots and dynamics of the issue.

Sure, this message may have sounded more accusatory back then (I did, after all, had the misfortune of joining OTE a few months before the scandal hit), but as time passed I've stopped feeling the need to be defensive about it anymore.

But, you aren't quite sure how to address the situation without coming off as overly aggressive and accusatory.

Out of context, that accusatory stare at his beloved aunt and uncle might not mean much, but having just seen him abandoned by his parents as a nipper and his surprise at finding the briefcase, we understand his resentment about being left in the dark.

As Imelda Staunton weights it, that one word of dialogue becomes an accusatory dirge....

Bruce Greenwood is ominously effective as the reporter / mouthpiece for this process, speaking some of the same accusatory words Brit journalists directed at Dylan in Pennebaker's Don't Look Back.

As is not uncommon in the self - publishing community, authors sometimes become shrill and accusatory in framing their concerns.

Barbara Kruger's bright - red slogans, the Guerrilla Girls's accusatory billboards, Jeff Koons's ads for Hennessy and Smirnoff: the 1980s saw American artists move as never before into a language of commerce and publicity.

There are works depicting police brutality, American soldiers torturing a captured member of the Viet Cong and a large piece where JFK and Khrushchev point in an accusatory manner at each other as West faces off with East.

As we saw in the March 21 courtroom tutorial hearing, the judge was not impressed with one of the main bits of accusatory evidence about the «conspiracy,» and the one Chevron attorney speaking at the hearing, Theodore Boutrous, had never seen the plaintiffs» «conspiracy evidence» before — which could actually undermine other lawsuits against energy companies.

for reasons unspecified, starting a web site having the same accusatory stance as his former Greenpeace ExxonSecrets site, but his current site's Twitter page has less Twitter followers than my own for GelbspanFiles.

It can involve things like acknowledging that «you may or may not be right», that «it is probably ridiculous to even bring this up, but...», or that you don't want to start a fight and you know that your partner is «doing many things right, but...» This is different from a more abrupt start up where you communicate that you feel entitled to your complaint and come across as self - rigtheous and accusatory.

«Removing the blame from divorce, as proposed in Richard Bacon's bill, would help couples who both wish to bring their relationship to a dignified conclusion and move on with their lives without the need for accusatory mud - slinging.

For example, if one partner tends to get angry and accusatory as conflict arises, and the other withdraws, issues can not be explored and resolved.