Sentence examples for defining mannerism from inspiring English sources
The adverbial excess given to Fiona as a defining mannerism ("generally usual", "wholly probably unspeakable") gradually spreads to other characters.
African American historians, womanists in particular, have long warned that "respectability" is an elite ideology that encourages the marginalized to conform to sociocultural standards and mannerisms defined only by those in power.
He chooses, defines, thesaurises, to the point of mannerism.
These traits have no explicit mechanical effect, but are used to define the desires and mannerisms of the Master and how he interacts with the Townsfolk and his minions.
This has led to the work's being cited frequently as the first and a chief instance of Mannerism as an architectural style, when it is defined as a work that intentionally contradicts the Classical and the harmonious, favouring expressiveness and originality, or as one that emphasizes the factors of style for their own sake.
Everyone else has defining tics, but Mr. Hackman is an actor of such explosive inventiveness that no mannerisms can contain him.
All of them are defined to some extent by mannerisms that lend themselves to caricature.
But magic devolves into mannerism.
Does Mr. Obama's reserved mannerism matter?
