Sentence examples for form of affectation from inspiring English sources

When Beatty and Hoffman play small-timers, it's a reverse conceit, a form of affectation.

Although 78.9% of the patients reported support from their environment, at least from their close relatives, 48.1% experienced that others had doubts about their illness and 32.6% reported that others believed their illness to be psychological or a form of affectation.

To his admiring peers, Mr. Leonard did more than merely validate the popular crime thriller; he stripped the form of its worn-out affectations, reinventing it for a new generation and lifting it to a higher literary shelf.

In the New York Times, Martin Amis said: "To his admiring peers, Mr Leonard did more than merely validate the popular crime thriller; he stripped the form of its worn-out affectations, reinventing it for a new generation and lifting it to a higher literary shelf".

There are two forms of central airway affectation, the extrinsic compression from hilar or mediastinal adenopathies and the wall affectation secondary to the formation within the mucosa and submucosa [28].

Of the new acts, the albums I'm most excited about all seem to come from female singers who together form a sort of anti-Gaga army: pure, unadulterated with a lack of affectation.

And dab on a bit of affectation.

His prose masterpiece, De los nombres de Cristo (1583 85), a treatise in the dialogue form popularized by the followers of Erasmus on the various names given to Christ in Scripture, is the supreme exemplar of Spanish classical prose style: clear, lofty, and, though studied, entirely devoid of affectation.

Their reincarnation here hinted at the creep of affectation and nostalgia in the techno culture of Berlin.

With its spirited ridicule of affectation and pretentiousness, it is one of the greatest comedies of manners in English.

With its spirited ridicule of affectation and pretentiousness, it is often considered the greatest comedy of manners in English.