Example sentences for: tannen

How can you use “tannen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Would Tannen argue that the United States should adopt such a law, along with, say, a ban on the cross-examination of accusers?

  • Until recently, though, Tannen confined her analysis to conversations among dysfunctional individuals.

  • But when she applies her precepts to our great national conversation, Tannen gets confused.

  • Professor Tannen might be surprised to learn that one of the most well-known introductory books on ancient Chinese thought is called Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China . Indeed, I think most students of ancient China would agree that if there ever was a disputatious intellectual culture, it was that of China in the Warring States period (circa 479-221 B.C.).

  • Tannen, however, treats it only as a display of the "cruelty of cross-examination."


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