Sentence examples for a certain demeanour from inspiring English sources

"You just look for a certain demeanour," he says.

While discussing her autobiography Reckless in an interview with The Sunday Times, the lead singer of Eighties rock band The Pretenders said women should expect unwanted attention if they wore a certain kind of clothing and demeanour.

Even so Redfearn's players did enjoy patches of sustained possession and Karanka's slightly edgy technical area demeanour betrayed a certain anxiety about the slenderness of his side's lead.

The presenters' eccentricity, their love of cream and meat and very rich food, the unscripted whimsy of their on-screen exchanges and, of course, their physical presence and demeanour made them unforgettable – as if two women of a certain age perambulating Britain in an uncertainly piloted motorcycle combination was not already enough to fix them in our memory.

He won men over by a jovial and chivalrous demeanour, and his suppleness, coupled with diplomatic skill, charmed them even as a certain mercurial quality made him appear unfathomable.

A certain attire.

By a certain light.

A certain unburdening.

When does what we have to wear to work a uniform, a dress code, a full-on costume, or even just the expectation of a certain demeanour make us feel professional and prepared for our jobs, and when does it make us feel alienated and disconnected from our own identities?

Have a certain personality.

He has a predictable military demeanour; he is a tough boss, a tough talker, a tough man to interrupt.