formal style

Example Sentences

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This portrait will be inspired by the formal style of 18th and 19th Century portraiture and will be produced by Leeds-based photographer and filmmaker Ashley Karrell.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023

The mustache burner account attracted only 1,600 followers, but it enabled Hankins to experiment with his dry sense of humor and a less formal style.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2022

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

Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker