"acceptable" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Two sets of lads knocking seven bells out of each other, with mutual consent and involving no-one else, strikes me as one of the more socially acceptable outlets.
- He seems lucky to have found in the bouncing business a socially acceptable outlet for his energy.
- On the other hand, critics who view violence as a type of content, or as a theme, claim it is cathartic and provides "acceptable outlets for anti-social impulses."
- Why, they might even provide a more socially acceptable outlet for those who currently feel the need to spray paint buildings.
- Especially with the elderly, who don't get hugged very much, these dogs provide a socially acceptable outlet for the need to touch and be touched.
- But she had an idea, and it might take Kel's mind off his anger - or at least give him an acceptable outlet for it.
- Spittoons were used openly during the 19th century to provide an acceptable outlet for spitters.
- The necessity of cooperation within clans for survival, which imposed the stricture of self-control, found an acceptable outlet in contests with other clans.
- The visual pollution resulting from such "aerosol art" degrades our communities and has no redeeming social value, unless you believe it to be an acceptable outlet for its self-serving perpetrators.
- And killing vampires was one of the few socially acceptable outlets for a murder streak like his.
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