mannerism
Example Sentences
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With his country twang and aw-shucks mannerisms belying a keen intellect, Will Rogers was the lasso-roping star of vaudeville and the Broadway stage.
From Los Angeles Times
Elordi has adopted one or two of Karloff’s mannerisms: the arms outstretched in search of warmth, the lurching walk.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s standardizing uniforms, cafe decor and worker mannerisms.
He studied their individual tics and mannerisms to find the things that people across the world might only note subconsciously, and wove them into his caricatures.
From Salon
A lot of what he did and does, I’ve stolen those moves, and so we get to do scenes where he’s playing my dad and our mannerisms are so uncomfortably similar.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
