mannerism

Example Sentences

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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

“Even the officials complimented how well the kids behaved. Those are positive things beyond football and what we try to do about their mannerism and character.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2022

The flamboyant late Renaissance style of art known in English as mannerism has gone out of fashion more than once.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 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

He shrugged, a funny little one-shouldered shrug, a mannerism he and his sister had in common.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt