Once, when a Republican challenged his demeanor during a fight over procedure, Mr. Gibbons shot back, "I will be as petulant as I want to be".
Sultry, too--well, sort of sultry--with a mouth made to take three-decker sandwiches and eyes that are challenging and a bold demeanor that has its own sexuality.
"Her leadership, her personality style had a demeanor that was inviting and challenging".
Such demeanor discourages people staffers, voters, peers, customers––from asking questions, challenging them, pointing out potential problems, offering helpful feedback, making innovative suggestions, or providing useful information.
But his easy demeanor and everyman sartorial bent mask a mind inclined to challenging traditional conceptions about seemingly established things -- not least, the nature and function of business.
Republicans have invoked what they describe as the two men's belligerent, partisan demeanor to challenge the credibility of the commission.
Only at the end of the day, when Mr. Starr was questioned by David E. Kendall, the President's personal lawyer, did the questions become pointed enough to challenge Mr. Starr's unflappable demeanor.
During that year, however, players began to question Paul Brown's strict and often overbearing demeanor, while many challenged his control over the team's strategy.
Once achieving a state of Clear, the individual faces challenges with a newly acquired demeanor of calm in which he or she reacts reasonably to situations that would've formerly provoked an emotional response.
But he did it with his demeanor, too, seeming to challenge the Knicks on every possession, flexing after dunks and growling after every stop.
The president's cool demeanor frayed only once – when challenged over his use of the term "conspiracy" when discussing whether his government wanted to take people's guns from them.
