Sentence examples for icy manner from inspiring English sources

A short man, with an icy manner, Stavros could be a tyrannical father.

Things go south when the quasi-mythical Euro gangster known only as "Big Vern" (Werner Herzog) turns up in Walford, asking for an explanation in an icy manner that suggests he knows only absolute obedience.

The way the Craig matter was handled sent a chill through some Obama supporters, reminding them of the icy manner in which the Clintons cut loose Kimba Wood and Lani Guinier.

At a tense ceremony in the Hofburg Palace, the icy manner and averted gaze of Mr. Klestil conveyed all his personal distaste for the intermittently hate-mongering politics of Mr. Haider's far-rightist party as he took the oaths of office from the 12 cabinet ministers.

When Mr. Stebbins comes in to see Mr. Gleason, the boos, Janet's mother behaves in an icy, disapproving manner to him.

Nearly two dozen varieties, most of them from France and Switzerland, are served in the traditional manner: icy water is poured over a torched sugar cube, dissolving it in a reservoir of the verdant liquor.

(The painting is historically inaccurate: the depicted flag is anachronistic, the boats are the wrong size and shape, and it is questionable whether Washington could have crossed the icy Delaware while standing in the manner depicted).

And his personal manner, which some said was icy cold, was impressive, especially in command.

Seen one way, relations seem icy.

In like manner, Kate Burton brought a warming, humanizing touch to the icy goddess of destruction known as Hedda Gabler, finding the frightened bourgeoise within Ibsen's imperious heroine.

Although Tom Ford's impeccable manners would not permit him to use the icy put-downs Perry favours: "Any problems - hesitate to call".