They are often shy, inarticulate, vague to the point of appearing self-consciously cool, and even when they become stars, as Miguel Adrover did this year, there is something so reticent in their demeanor as to make one wonder if the very notion of the designer as a personality isn't dead.
Keep your words to the point to maintain your quiet demeanor and to make your words more important and meaningful.
His soft-spoken demeanor and quiet reserve help to make his subjects feel comfortable.
If you maintain a calm demeanor, you might be able to make them feel more at ease.
In an ill-fated attempt to make a wisecrack about the NFL star's demeanor, Conan O'Brien made one of the worst jokes of his career, saying, "Cam Newton?
His crisp diction and creased, handsome-but-not-too-handsome face; his way of splitting the difference between smart and smug, sarcastic and sincere; and his unmistakably businesslike demeanor have made him an exemplary figure for a period that doesn't quite know what to make of its relationship to greed.
It's a tough choice to make, but do your best to analyze the situation and the officer's demeanor, and hopefully you'll make the right decision.
Some of their more breathless accounts of his chilled-out, barefoot demeanor have come perilously close to making him sound a bit of a pill: a parody of the soulful gypsy artiste, all flared nostrils and rippling Kant quotations.
Many of those characters had an intimate relationship with violence, but Mr. Pantoliano has an easy sense of humor, a relaxed, informal appearance and an open and friendly demeanor, which make clear that his only connection to Ralph Cifaretto or his other criminal creations is via the rough but long-ago Hoboken streets of his youth.
