Sentence examples for was formal from inspiring English sources

The dress was formal.

The atmosphere was formal yet cordial.

The beginning of the conversation was formal.

The key word was "formal".

Conversation was formal; manners were restrained.

But if the text was formal, the art was not.

The movement was formal with tension in the partnering.

She was formal in her dealings with people.

Moses's satisfaction in her work plainly was formal, not thematic.

The language was formal, the voice as pained as it was cautious.

As the lineup suggests, little about the affair was formal or elegant.