Sentence examples for a mannerism from inspiring English sources

But the offhand tough-guy manner is really a mannerism of true stylishness; it brings up Belmondo's and Bogart's.

And it never became a mannerism, never a gimmick.

It might be dismissed as a mannerism (and in the healthful West perhaps frowned on).

To make matters worse, the minister had a mannerism which he did not like.

According to friends, the issue with the eyes is more than just a mannerism.

Ms. O's appropriation of that voice sounds little more than a mannerism.

A straightening of her shoulders is a characteristic mannerism — a squaring away that seems to symbolize in an otherwise relaxed girl, a won't-be-beat spirit".

Conversing from behind the wheel suited Pullman; it allowed him free use of a favorite mannerism — a sly, avuncular sidewise glance that punctuates his wit.

Adding an adverb can be a quick and useful way to indicate a certain mannerism or emotion in a character.

Gina, a hairdresser in Idaho, whose husband worked as a freight manager at a chain store, had "a peculiar mannerism of keeping her mouth closed even when speaking".

The attempt to stifle sentimentality — "He looked very dead" — itself comes to seem a sentimental mannerism.