Sentences with phrase «sounding accusatory»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

However, please do so without sounding judgmental or accusatory.

In an early scene at a church, the congregants discuss the role of reformed Catholicism in modern life in clipped, accusatory tones, while the taunting, dissonant sounds of an organ being cleaned adds to the cacophony.

The question, «what were you thinking,» can sound very accusatory when framed in the wrong tone.