Sample Sentences formannerism (auto-selected)
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He recognized the value to him of such a mannerism and he had adopted it; he knew that to be careless in dress and manner required more confidence than to be careful. (source)mannerism = a manner (way) of doing things
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To Thomas, everyone's actions and mannerisms seemed ...exaggerated.† (source)
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But what about Claire with all her superficial mannerisms?† (source)
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He would rant about things that didn't make sense, and his mannerisms were strange.† (source)
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I wonder, sometimes, if I would have seen anything of myself in him, in his face, in his mannerisms.† (source)
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Tate noticed that while her face and body showed early inklings and foothills of womanhood, her mannerisms and turns of phrase were somewhat childlike, in contrast to the village girls whose mannerisms—overdoing their makeup, cussing, and smoking—outranked their foothills.† (source)
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He was small and nimble, pacing the school office with his manic yet businesslike movements and mannerisms.† (source)
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What a curious speech mannerism they have here.† (source)
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Nothing can be more dangerous for the fame of a professor of the fine arts, than to permit (if he can possibly prevent it) the character of a mannerist to be attached to him, or that he should be supposed capable of success only in a particular and limited style.† (source)
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My door slammed open, and in walked First Sergeant Anderson, a high school senior with an impressively premature five-o'clock shadow, a scruffy voice, and the posture and mannerisms of a bulldog.† (source)
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Esther was petite, with a shy voice, an uncertain smile, and every possible look and mannerism to radiate her Jewishness.† (source)
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But Shakspeare has no peculiarity, no importunate topic; but all is duly given; no veins, no curiosities: no cow-painter, no bird-fancier, no mannerist is he: he has no discoverable egotism: the great he tells greatly; the small, subordinately.† (source)
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Eleanor looked more like my dad and I look more like Mom, but she and Mom had the same gestures, same mannerisms, so everyone always said, "Oh my God, she looks just like you."† (source)
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Not only any actual misdemeanor, but any eccentricity, however small, any change of habits, any nervous mannerism that could possibly be the symptom of an inner struggle, is certain to be detected.† (source)
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There was something in the shape of her head, something in her mannerisms, and now, as she raised her eyes and caught sight of Gretchen's camera gliding toward her, a clear recognition that something very serious was happening.† (source)
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Peter ran a hand through his thick head of silver hair, a nervous mannerism shared by Katherine.† (source)
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