Sentence examples for by formality from inspiring English sources

It's a work pulled in opposite directions by formality and informality, one way toward pattern and the other toward chaos.

In the United States – a country bursting with people just as self-confident as Cameron usually appears – his unease came through at times when it could not be masked by formality.

Table  2 shows a simple summary of the sample characteristics by formality and gender.

The nursing home, Rumpole learns, is "all rules and no practice," whereas his own strength as a lawyer is good practical judgment unencumbered by formalities.

I was struck by Gubaidulina's bird-like shyness, by her formality and sense of ceremony.

The relationship is underpinned by close institutional and official links, as well as by the formality of the Elysée treaty, whose 50th anniversary was celebrated in Berlin only in January.

Everything points to a pent-up sense of self, just below the surface, disguised as much by the sober schooldresses that they wear as much as by the formality of the camera and the process at hand.

Vendler is particularly convincing on Plath, whose best death dramas are invigorated by dispassionate formality.

Impressed by the formality of the occasion, he delivered his line with uncharacteristic solemnity.

If you watch it on television, you'll be amazed by the formality and verbosity of the commentators.

It felt as though the escapist exuberance of the musicals was being constrained by the formality of the occasion.