Sentence examples for were characteristic of him from inspiring English sources

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

It was characteristic of him that he revolutionized this professorship.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

"Dear Miss MacCarthy, Certainly I should like to meet you for discussion, but do you know where Ampleforth is?" It was characteristic of him to assume potentially disastrous gaps of knowledge in other people's minds.

It was characteristic of him that when one Christmas period he enjoyed a substantial win on a triple bet, he divided the winnings equally between Gary; his daughter, Teresa; his wife of 55 years, Joyce; their family bank account; and a charity.

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.