Sentences with phrase «hear the bad news first»

Everybody we know opts to hear the bad news first, so here goes: In 2017, ebook sales dropped for perhaps the first time ever.

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The first thought of many, upon hearing that news, was probably something like, «OhmyGod, who let those 34 bad guys loose amongst all the heroes?»
Years ago, I heard a child psychologist tell parents that bad news should be delivered to children during the first ten seconds of the conversation.
If the first a father hears from his daughter's teacher is bad news — for instance, an email that she hasn't been doing her homework — he may not want to listen.
If you have to reach out to a family to give bad news — say their child was throwing things — if this is the first time [they're] hearing from [you], that message will be received differently» than if you've already created a trusting partnership with them.
We've heard the bad news — the job market will stay its dismal course in the first quarter and not improve until the -LSB-...]
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