Sentence examples for characteristic posturing from inspiring English sources

U.S. attempts to achieve direct talks have stymied because of characteristic posturing: Once the Israelis agreed to a ten-month moratorium on construction in the West Bank, the Palestinians waited nine months to agree to direct talks, and then insisted they would not remain unless Israel extended the freeze, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far refused to do.

We are reminded of the characteristic posture and facial expression in Manhattan that day -- neck craned upward, mouth caught between a gasp and a scream.

His most characteristic posture is that of the upright man who looks with horror on the corruptions of his time, his heart consumed with anger and frustration.

In many of the photographs, he assumes what seems to be a characteristic posture — passive, recessive, placid, as if requiring an invitation to join the officers who outrank him.

"Wouldn't that have been brilliant... .. Despite attending Joyce Mason School of Dance in Scunthorpe and being a member of the National Youth Music Theatre from 1995 to 2001, Smith's characteristic posture in interviews is to say she's out of her depth as an actor.

Primitive motions represent characteristic postures (key-poses) of a given dance style.

Distraction of the muscles produces tension, which in turn pulls joints into characteristic postures.

Particularly the product development for medical/orthopedic applications, sports or protection clothing require a high functionality and consideration of the characteristic posture of utilization.

In addition, the 3D direction vectors relative to the chest region are calculated only for the shoulders and head points (3 points × 3 dimensions) since subjects tend to show a characteristic posture that is visible on these points.

In the laboratory, tadpoles form social aggregations in mid-water as they filter feed in a characteristic posture with their heads angled downward, often all facing the same direction.

When threatened or disturbed, the puffadder shyshark adopts a characteristic posture in which it curls into a ring and covers its eyes with its tail; this reaction is the basis for the common names "shyshark" and "doughnut", and is likely meant to make the shark harder for a predator to swallow.