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attitude - use in sentences
Converse of object
- adopt: William decided to protect his financial interests by adopting an attitude of humility.
- relax: Fact six Tommy's more noted for his down-to-earth, relaxed attitude than his fashion sense.
- prevail: It appears the prevailing attitude in South Australia, therefore, was to labor on regardless, and to let sleeping dogs lie.
- patronize: There was without doubt a patronizing attitude to those clubs located on the chillier side of Birmingham.
- foster: He didn't simply hope to foster public attitudes toward indigenous peoples that would be the basis for a multi-cultural society based on mutual respect.
- change: They are planning a new campaign aimed at children to try to change attitudes toward violence in the home.
Adjective modifier
- positive: Whatever happened to the ' positive attitude ' thing in the States?
- negative: However some negative attitudes have also been reported in previous studies.
- cavalier: Neither I nor the ABD has " a cavalier attitude " toward the Highway Code.
- racist: It is well known just how widespread racist attitudes are within the police.
- caring: We have a positive caring attitude and an open mind toward alternative therapies including hyperbaric oxygen, reflexology, aromatherapy and many others.
- discriminatory: They were evidence of a discriminatory attitude, and a man would not have been treated in the same way.
Modifies a noun
- survey: Indeed, opinion and attitude surveys tend to suggest the opposite.
Noun used with modifier
- can-do: PHILEAS FOGG stands for something refreshing in business - a slightly maverick operation that chooses to take a can-do attitude.
- consumer: We are meeting highly competitive markets with a consumer attitude which is leading to individual tastes and buying habits.
- people's: Itâs peopleâs attitudes, and I was exactly the same before Adam got ill.
Possessives
- can-do: Carol impressed the judges with her enthusiastic ' can-do ' attitude displayed during two team challenges.
Preposition: of
- humility: William decided to protect his financial interests by adopting an attitude of humility.
- superiority: Until recently, the Kandyan's attitude of aristocratic superiority toward the Low Country Sinhalese precluded marriage between them.
- mind: The title ' Independent ' was chosen to indicate the philosophical attitude of mind held in common by its members.
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