Sentence examples for formality in from inspiring English sources

Let's not see irony or formality in this remark.

We sought a certain romantic formality in what has become an informal and wholly nonromantic world.

It helps that she rises to the challenge of a daunting formality in Mr. Albee's language.

For fashion writers, Draper became a totem of a new era of formality in menswear.

Both have little patience for formality, in corporate hierarchies, dress or manner.

They lived in Edwardian splendor & formality in an enormous house in the north of England.

"There was a certain lack of formality in the books, a certain casualness".

At a time of great formality in literature, he wrote irreverently, for everybody, from the perspective of orphans and outcasts.

It was a formality in the end but a huge weight off our minds when the order was granted.

Despite an aura of formality — in spectacles and a bow tie — Mr. Hertog, 71, has a down-to-earth directness.

"There's a formality in the suit and tie that's reflective of the dignity of the president's office," said Mr. Anderson.