formality

Example Sentences

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“None of our friends and family ever walk through our front door,” said James, so they decided to do away with the formality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The final score makes the second leg of this last 16 tie a formality.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

His election to the Hall of Fame will be a formality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Gordon's memorable night on the shores of the Caspian Sea ensured the second leg at St James' Park on February 24 should be a mere formality.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Precisely at that point it vanished--and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald