Sentence examples for affects a stance from inspiring English sources

The squat, short-wheelbase car, wearing an Opel badge in official photos, affects a stance that resembles a motorcycle, and a grille and headlamp design that takes cues from the Opel Ampera, the European equivalent of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.

Having rejected the political extremes within her family, Mitford affected a stance of moderate socialism, though as Hastings points out, without much depth or conviction.

Mr. Davies affected a perplexed stance.

Instead, they affect a neutral stance, professing to deal evenhandedly with insurance companies and their customers.

Affecting a curmudgeonly stance that owes something to Professor Henry Higgins, Mr. Lewis writes of how he deigned not just to let a woman into his life, but also three children.

David Beckham offered him an England shirt, Geri Halliwell allegedly pinched his bottom, Michael Jackson was all over him like poison ivy, Naomi Campbell was on best behaviour, Bill Gates mocked Mandela's saintliness by affecting a praying stance (Mandela was clearly unimpressed) and Bono of U2 tried to embrace him like an old mucker.

He will also affect a more radical stance, his onstage manner a fiery counterpoint to Mr. Gilbert's.

China's appetite for oil also affects its stance on Iran, where a growing confrontation with the United States over nuclear programs has already unsettled oil markets.

If the hocks and pasterns are positioned wrong, then this affects the stance of the feet.

Some voters affected an as-if-I-could-care stance.

The improvement in the time spent in stance on the affected leg provides further evidence that FES in swing can also affect some stance phase features.