Sentence examples for * the affectation from inspiring English sources

Ion, however, who must needs make virtue, like a show of tragedies, include some comic scenes, we shall not altogether rely upon; Zeno used to bid those who called Pericles's gravity the affectation of a charlatan, to go and affect the like themselves; inasmuch as this mere counterfeiting might in time insensibly instil into them a real love and knowledge of those noble qualities.

That's the affectation of literature without any human connection.

The name is perfect, conveying as it does the affectation of no affectation.

Indeed, Phillips sees the affectation of ordinariness as a signal Bush family trait.

The play is characteristic of Sheridan's work in its genial mockery of the affectation displayed by some of the characters.

Meanwhile, the affectation of big rock guitar and spandex vocal snarl stains "Little Black Dress" with insincerity.

Peasant has the odd affectation of making you listen to your server translate the menu item by item.

Surely an unsympathetic person might say, "Here is a catalogue of effete pseudo-bohemianism, featuring locally sourced, artisanal children as the ultimate affectation".

It's the dodgiest affectation going, the cinematic equivalent of wearing a loud jumper at the office and referring to it as "loud".

The most divisive aspect of Stuttgart and of Stirling's later architecture is the postmodern affectation of its stone cladding, in pseudo-Italian stripes.

It's the studied affectation of the "look" -- pseudo-scruffy, half-tied tie, tousled hair -- that belies any spirit of true rebellion or the intellectual character of real rebels.