Sentence examples for most marked characteristic from inspiring English sources

"The gentleness of the English civilisation is perhaps its most marked characteristic.

He had a strong face, and a determination that was the most marked characteristic of the man.

The New York Observer went for "daunted" and "tentative", with "the most marked characteristic of Lionel Asbo is its joylessness".

The most marked characteristic was the brightness it added to instruments in the higher ranges, which is what the company was going for.

By the time Ms. Smith reprints a Vanity Fair questionnaire in which she named "self-defeating generosity" as her most marked characteristic, no reader need wonder what she means.

In "Bright Young Things," Mr. Bacanovic was asked, "What is your most marked characteristic?" and "What is your principle defect?" He gave the same answer to both questions: "Blind optimism".

A 1925 Western Times think piece begins: One of the most marked characteristics of this present century is the competition fever, which holds a big proportion of the population under its allurement.

Given the charm and joie de vivre that were Ertegun's most marked characteristics (and that also characterized Greenfield's own, best book, "Bill Graham Presents"), the biography takes a few surprising turns.

Although he is fiercely accusatory toward society at large while he is performing, his most marked offstage characteristic is gentleness.

Brian O'Driscoll The most marked man in the history of marking.

Testosterone also produces characteristic body changes, Dr. Pope said, with the most marked muscle growth in the upper body and the biceps.