mannerism
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“I watched him on the monitor and thought to put some of his mannerism into the performance,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
So much attention is on their similarities in their swings and other mannerism, but the needle and the trash talking is not to be overlooked.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
But neither actress leans into mannerism or quirk; neither showboats.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
More than 850 people worked on recreating Abba "in their prime" using motion capture technology to scan "every mannerism and every motion" of the musicians, who are now in their 70s, as they performed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2021
Jethro had picked up a mannerism from his mother.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Anthony Ippolito plays a young Sylvester Stallone in I Play Rocky, and was praised by audience members at the festival for capturing Stallone's posture, mannerisms and speech.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
He resembles the Finder icon on Apple computers, but with a tiny stature and goofy mannerisms.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
By his teen years in Annapolis, Md., Duvall had become an excellent mimic, absorbing dialects and mannerisms wherever he happened to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
In “The Unknown,” he portrays not only Elliott but all the people he interacts with, and differentiates them crisply with convincing accents but without costume changes or flashy mannerisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
George W. Bush, born in Connecticut to a life of unexampled privilege, cultivated in his dress and mannerisms the ethos of a Texan roughneck rather than the Yalie he is.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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