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demeanor
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Not Without My Daughter
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With Mahtob watching, unable to comprehend the meaning of this dark change in her father's demeanor, Moody growled, "I do not have to let you go home.†
His demeanor was threatening enough to make me obey.†
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His demeanor toward me softened immediately, and he now turned his wrath upon his sister.†
On these first excursions Moody remained at my side, watching me closely, but I was pleased to note the signs of boredom in his demeanor.†
As the words came through to me, they reflected a solemn, even angered, change in the principal's demeanor.†
There was genuine empathy in her eyes and in her demeanor, but there was also the cultivated wariness of the Iranian woman.†
The arrival of the newspaper announced a sudden change in my situation, or, rather, Moody's demeanor.†
He was beginning to exhibit sudden changes of demeanor once more.†
His entire demeanor seemed to say: Who are you?†

Definitions:

(1) (demeanor)
the manner in which a person behaves
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, the verb form may be used as a synonym for behave as in: "Try to demean yourself with dignity."