Sentence examples for was characteristic of him from inspiring English sources

It was characteristic of him that he revolutionized this professorship.

It was characteristic of him to state the fact in interviews with journalists.

The method he devised to keep the saloon tranquil was characteristic of him.

The whole episode was characteristic of him, but if he had done it in Edmonton, it wouldn't resonate so much here, where the big mouthpieces are.

It was characteristic of him that he should prefer to devote his few weeks of leisure to an effort to help a struggling institution to find its feet.

It was characteristic of him to hold a several-week-long party for himself on the eve of his own demise.

He has brilliance to squander, but steadiness has not been characteristic of him.

The spirit, and the dedication to winning, were characteristic of him.

"He dropped back into the weary tone that had been characteristic of him earlier that day.

Because of his interpretation of sin as the captivity of the will, Luther also revived the patristic metaphor of the Atonement as the victory of Christ; it is characteristic of him that he wrote hymns for both Christmas and Easter but not for Lent.

Evans suggests that as Davis wrote the books in part to defend and memorialize his place in history, it would not have been characteristic of him to give much credit to Benjamin.