Sentence examples for a little formality from inspiring English sources

"Casual as Montauk is, Nick wanted to preserve a little formality in the dining room," he said.

Think of Carson and the picture that comes into focus is that of a debonair man in his mid-forties, in well-fitting sports jacket and tie and pressed slacks — the kind of dress that upper-middle-class men used to wear to dinner parties until the seventies, when there was at least a little formality at almost every occasion except a barbecue.

What's wrong with a little formality after a generation where everyone was doing his or her own sloppy thing?

Red tape is minimal, comprising a tourist card that is issued with little formality.

But for me, at any age, better than the phone solicitor's "Karen, I just want to tell you about... " A little respectful formality and distance, please!

So, they can get away with a little less formality.

Early matches were organised with little formality.

St. Lydia's Church has no pews, no altar, no vestments, no band or choir, and little formality of any kind.

A little mind-flicker at the formality, dismissed in the eagerness to press on.

"It's certainly gratifying to find one has not been forgotten already," he says, a little of the old stiff formality returning.

But that's exactly what they came for -- a little randiness in all that formality.