Rather than risk being called a softy, he affects a pose of weariness".
Seeing me go hatless many of populace suspect me of affecting a pose.
Mother was right behind them, affecting a pose of superiority in the way she leaned back, the better to be seen.
(Of Eleanor Powell: "Like many performers of her time, Powell habitually affected a pose of ecstatic pleasure, head back and mouth open. In some close-ups, she looks ready to eat the camera").
Black teenagers affect a "cool pose," but their innermost desires and values -- carefully hidden, even from themselves -- are practically middle class.
Venezuela's authorities have since prevented her from re-entering the country, Ms Montero says.Rock'n'roll artists are expected to affect a rebellious pose.
Those whose compassion compels them to confront and combat daily its utter absence are, of necessity, often forced to affect a passionless pose.
Just when you thought every seven-inch of the post-punk 80s had been plundered, affect a suitably melancholic pose for the revival of a new old sound from the vaults – cold wave.
But Wilde also delighted in affecting an aesthetic pose; this, combined with rooms at Oxford decorated with objets d'art, resulted in his famous remark, "Oh, would that I could live up to my blue china!" In the early 1880s, when Aestheticism was the rage and despair of literary London, Wilde established himself in social and artistic circles by his wit and flamboyance.
The dates won Ms. Aimée critical praise for her ability to affect a variety of poses, from chanteuse to hip-hop practitioner — an ability, said the pianist Assaf Gleizner, who played with her at Birdland, that reflected extraordinary preparation and generosity of spirit.
The dates won Ms. Aim critical praise for her ability to affect a variety of poses, from chanteuse to hip-hop practitioner -- an ability, said the pianist Assaf Gleizner, who played with her at Birdland, that reflected extraordinary preparation and generosity of spirit.
