formal style
Example Sentences
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Was this wardrobe change a symbolic gesture - Burnham signalling that with his move from Greater Manchester mayor to prime minister he would be adopting a more formal style in the job?
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
If your instructor requires a formal style for the assignment, the language should be objective and in third- person point of view.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
That meant never sticking to a single, formal style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
Her constitutional role imposes a highly formal style on her in public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2012
A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
