mannerisms

Example Sentences

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Their preachy, anti-intellectual Natural Mannerisms are neither convincing nor new.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be sure, there are wildly eccentric turns in a Leigh film, especially the early TV work; with all the belching and farting, you often feel you've been locked in the Museum of Rude Mannerisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mannerisms in speech are evident in nasal expression and muffled words, spoken through half-closed teeth.

From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Watson, Lillian Eichler

Mannerisms of speech or act are glaring flaws in the personality which would delight to charm, and successfully preclude the possibility of popularity among refined people.

From The Etiquette of To-day by Ordway, Edith B.

Mannerisms At The Card Table Mannerisms must be avoided like the plague.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily