Sentences with phrase «confrontational nature»
"Confrontational nature" refers to the tendency or inclination of someone to engage in conflict or argument. Full definition
At one point I was taking pictures, and a policeman rode straight at me on a motorbike, with the clear intention of intimidating me and ratcheting up the potentially confrontational nature of the afternoon.
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But he insisted that the confrontational nature of the Commons chamber and his duties as Leader of the Opposition made it inevitable that he would deal robustly with the Prime Minister.
Some on social media have suggested that the confrontational nature of the episode is emblematic of the divided state of the nation following the general election that returned a hung parliament.
Keeping up the confrontational nature of the conversation, Black said that was «nonsense,» and that Crowe had actually summed up their rapport perfectly on set, saying that chemistry is when two actors «just learn to listen to each other.»
While the pure bluntness and confrontational nature these people take with their racist remarks delivers the film's strong message, many times it feels like overkill.
You sense Polley wouldn't have it any other way: Though she's best known as the zombie - slaying heroine of 2004's commercially savvy remake of Dawn of the Dead, the filmmaking Sarah Polley hews closer to the confrontational nature of her Canadian colleague Atom Egoyan, for whom she acted in Exotica (1994) and, unforgettably, The Sweet Hereafter (1997).
For all the column inches — in the UK's broadsheets and weeklies — dedicated to the confrontational nature of the work, the exhibition's quiet air of predictability speaks volumes about Walker's inability to challenge herself.
The confrontational nature of this new guidance highlights a mistrust of defence lawyers.
In fact, it is arguable that the confrontational nature of the detentions served to put the public peace at risk.
The theatricality of the courtroom, the confrontational nature of the process, and the imposing stature of the judge might simply reflect a conflict - resolution method that parties do not identify with or, even, one that they fear.