Sentence examples similar to odd manner of speaking from inspiring English sources

Carell's performance as du Pont, for which he donned an unattractive prosthetic nose and adopted an odd, regimented manner of speaking, touched off immediate awards speculation.

She describes his "rather ponderous manner of speaking" and various odd motions he made with his right hand as he spoke — exactly the sort of close observations, Mulcahy said, that underlay all her performances.

John Quincy Adams said the odd manner of his election sent him into office with little confidence.

In fact, in the odd manner of these things, there are now two Florence Foster Jenkins movies.

In a manner of speaking.

In a manner of speaking, yes.

Someone muttered, "In a manner of speaking".

Well, in a manner of speaking, yes.

In a manner of speaking, that is.

All fine, in a manner of speaking.

Well, in a manner of speaking.