The phrase "a deportment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a person's behavior, manner, or conduct, often in a formal context.
Example: "Her deportment during the ceremony was exemplary, reflecting her respect for the occasion."
Alternatives: "a demeanor" or "a conduct".
Below me, Margaret Thatcher - who had planned our destruction - sat erect enough to win a deportment competition.
There is a scene in Arturo Ui where the Hitler figure Ui takes a deportment lesson from an old actor.
I had thought that the next stop on my makeover journey would be a deportment class to unravel that Monty Burns-style hump looming in my back, but maybe if I spent money on a proper hand-made suit I needn't bother with other postural remedies.
LDX: lisdexamfetamine dimesylate; LS: least squares; SKAMP: Swanson, Kotkin, Agler, M-Flynn, and Pelham scale; D: deportment; A: attention; CI: confidence interval *Negative scores indicate improvement relative to placebo.
LS: least squares; LDX: lisdexamfetamine dimesylate; SKAMP: Swanson, Kotkin, Agler, M-Flynn, and Pelham scale; D: deportment; A: attention *Lower SKAMP total and subscale scores are indicative of improvement.
The speaker closed his address with some practical advice to the graduates, and enjoined upon them to observe a good deportment through life.
When the author, a straight-A student, gets a C in deportment, she is beaten, too.
First produced on Broadway in 1934, The Children's Hour is a cross between The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Crucible, being partly a study of deportment and partly an example of what happens when a malicious whispering campaign gets out of hand.
The previous Devils captain, Jamie Langenbrunner, now with the St . LouisBlues, used to skate on Parise's line, providing a benchmark for a captain's deportment.
There is a scene where an old actor gives Ui a lesson in deportment.
The element of nostalgia in "The Artist" isn't for a style of filmmaking but for a style of deportment.
