affectation

Example Sentences

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He has been dragged into the conversation, which he had been observing with the affectation of someone hoping to recede into the wallpaper.

From Literature

“For all her campy affectations, Samantha was always the most grounded of the characters, able to cut to the heart of things with a witty line, biting comment or just a simple truth.”

From Los Angeles Times

The ironic thing is that those affectations made her, somehow, more authentically herself.

From Los Angeles Times

For all her campy affectations, Samantha was always the most grounded of the characters, able to cut to the heart of things with a witty line, biting comment or just a simple truth.

From Los Angeles Times

While Ross’ style undeniably calls attention to itself, the director is prescient enough to know that some will see his untraditional mode as a mere affectation.

From Salon