Sentences with phrase «seeming patronizing»

So how do therapists relate to teens without seeming patronizing, clueless, or invasive?

Outside national borders, this naive vantage point is an entry into a country's history and culture, explaining without seeming patronizing.

Here are five ways you can offer your husband validation during hard times, without seeming patronizing.

When you add those to the fact that the vast majority of Christians in America claim it has a simple message that anyone can understand your words seem patronizing.

This article seems patronizing and is full of «back - handed comments».

This doesn't mean you have to overdo it on the chivalry front; too much can seem patronizing, Respect in this instance is a much more nuanced affair.

I immediately regretted it; it was the kind of forced familiarity that might seem patronizing.

Which, I'm repeating myself as somehow you missed it, and apologize if this seems patronizing or snarky; it isn't intended that way.

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One of the reasons employees deride internal marketing materials is that they are usually developed from on high and therefore seem out of touch with day - to - day business realities or, even worse, patronizing.

If you want to play your little guessing games, go ahead, but your patronizing att.itude seems misplaced, if you can't back up your own claims.

Mesmerized by current trends, Porter turns patronizing when the Scholastics seem to her to get something like the subordination of women within marriage wrong, noting that they «did not have the kind of historical / critical perspective on Scripture that would have enabled them to relativize these precepts.»

Admin I think its about time you gave us the option to thumb up or down an article because am tired of these judgy patronizing articles that always seem to insinuate it is the fans» fault that the team is failing.

He is annoying, patronizing and seems to think with a bit of the Tom Jones he can woo labour voters.

While it is entertaining as a whole, there does seem to be a good deal of patronizing toward women, with writing that speaks more like a Hallmark card of condolence than a legitimate appeal for understanding to women's issues.

To me, this seemed entirely counter to the entire concept of reading a book, if not patronizing to the romance crowd: basically, blasphemy.

However, with its smugly objective, disingenuously warm, and subtly patronizing tone, reminiscent of corporate videos, the voice itself seems to cast doubt on the seriousness of Garcia Torres's strategy of «rehearsing» obscure historical moments in order to see if they can still have an effect.

The two duos — sort of famous - big - sister / obscure - little - sister — can also seem a bit patronizing.

It seems a little patronizing to assume that the public can't understand differences, no?

Most likely, you wouldn't patronize a store that had dusty merchandise, light fixtures without functioning bulbs or tubes or a clerk who seems uninterested in your presence.

Feminism in the Law - At the Feminist Law Profs Blog, Elizabeth Nowicki seems skeptical that Spitzer will actually be prosecuted for patronizing a prostitute.

There are clearly lots of people who are very invested in making the law seem more complex and difficult than it really is, and these are often the same people who tend to infantilize the public and speak in patronizing tones about how we must protect people from poorly trained lawyers and that the best way to do that is to regulate legal education — hence, the ABA's ridiculous accreditation requirements.