Sentence examples for a formal style from inspiring English sources

Most obviously, pied-piping sounds better in a formal style.

Colleagues describe him as a meticulous, cautious lawyer with a formal style.

And, why are we repeating a formal style (albeit shorter) in a more informal setting?

Using an informal style when a formal style is called for results in prose that seems breezy, chatty, casual, flippant.

Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty.

Within this tradition there have been two main approaches: a formal style deriving from logic and an informal style emphasizing ordinary language.

If you tend to like to write in a slightly formal style, using "Dear" in your salutation is a nice choice.

"Broken Flowers" is all of a piece; it's maliciously observed, and it has a neat formal style.

From the beginning of minuscule, there were obviously educated individuals who occasionally copied texts for their own use in a formal hand that nevertheless had a distinctive personal flavour; indeed, professional scribes occasionally used a less formal style than usual.

Merteuil talks fast and moves slowly, propelled by a sense that all vice is acceptable if one adheres to a certain formal style.

Ancient ivory carvings have also been excavated, revealing a sophisticated, formal style.