Example sentences for: tannen

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

  • Tannen's main mistake is failing to appreciate the difference between two distinct social spheres: the sphere of snuggle and the sphere of struggle.

  • In other words, Tannen's is pretty much the most egregiously misleading generalization about ancient China that I have ever read.

  • Tannen laments that cops and soldiers have been "trained to overcome their resistance to kill" by trying "not to think of their opponents as human beings."

  • Given this oddly paternalistic (or maternalistic) diagnosis, it's not surprising that Tannen should wish to cover our ears, filtering out strife, deception, and debate.

  • In "We Do Understand," William Saletan quotes the following sentence from Deborah Tannen's The Argument Culture : "Disputation was rejected in ancient China as incompatible with the decorum and harmony cultivated by the true sage."


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