Sentences with phrase «by negative intentions»

Distressed couples are often so ruled by negative intentions and the desire to protect themselves or to hurt the other person, that they either ignore or do not recognize each other's repair attempts.

Not exact matches

The forward - looking statements in this presentation relate to, among other things, our objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as «may», «will», «could», «should», «would», «likely», «suspect», «outlook», «expect», «intend», «estimate», «anticipate», «believe», «plan», «forecast», «objective», «seek», «aim», «continue», «goal», «restore», «embark» and «endeavour» (or the negative thereof) and words and expressions of similar import, and include statements concerning possible or assumed future results.
I hope my opinion is not received in a negative light towards women as that is definitely not my intention but I am empowered by your life's work and the articles that you have written have given women like me, even a glimmer of hope in the face of such disconcerting and stalwart opposition where the care of our children are concerned.
However fair - minded may be the intention of journalists involved in this series, the tone of negative assumption set by such phrasing tends to seed doubt in any thinking reader's mind.
While the intention behind this may be to help the relationship by not being «negative,» couples on this trajectory also tend to ignore each other's attempts for positive connection and don't express their feelings to each other (although they may be expressing them to someone else, building that «wall» in their relationship).
Acts of both victimization and bullying [1, 2, 3] are found and have extensive parallels: each consists of negative actions that occur repeatedly and over a longer period of time, carried out by one or more individuals, with the intention of inflicting harm either by direct (verbal / physical attacks) or indirect action (exclusion from the group).
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