informality

Example Sentences

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He may be regretting the informality, even if he regularly drums home a message that "nothing good happens after midnight".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"Resilient growth and stable unemployment figures should not distract us from the deeper reality: hundreds of millions of workers remain trapped in poverty, informality, and exclusion," ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

An active participant in proceedings, he at times asks questions of witnesses himself, and is known for occasional informality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

While sharing similar tenets like low-slung horizontality, natural materials and warm informality, some incorporate elements of Colonial or Spanish architecture, others take on a bit of Swiss Chalet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Aureliano Segundo helped her back to bed and with the same informality with which he always treated her, he asked her the meaning of her farewell.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez