How To Use Demean In A Sentence
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His demeanor was that of a person who is far from pleased with the course of events, and the word glum best describes his expression.
A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
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The old soldier never lost his military demeanor.
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Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
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Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor. Sigmund Freud
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Sure enough, this Heller language has served to protect a remarkable variety of federal gun restrictions challenged since Heller, including bans on gun possession by felons, domestic violence misdemeanants, and persons under restraining orders, bans on sawed-off shotguns and machine guns, laws restricting guns in school zones, post offices, and other public property, and others.
Dennis A. Henigan: The Gun Issue Is Back in the Supreme Court: What Does It Mean?
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They are demeaning the quality of public discourse, and setting an appalling example to young people.
Times, Sunday Times
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His demeanor, though somewhat guarded, is more small-town high school football star than newly minted teen heartthrob.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 18TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
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Le sigh! at the Beau's increasing inability to control his demeanor and imbibing, and his inability to move Seattle to London or arsy-versy.
What blokes say
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Ask your followers to STOP attacking her in demeaning ways. not because she is a woman but because you CONTINUALLY espouse change but do little to make your followers see change as accepting old guard while creating the new guard.
Clinton: 'I've never given up on you'
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I do this not to demean the contributions of the Air Force or its airmen.
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But her unassuming demeanour masked a sharp intellect and powers of observation essential for the task of a secret agent.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Commission for Racial Equality among others said the black makeup was demeaning to black people.
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I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
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However, conviction of a single misdemeanor ( minor offense ) have no effect on a student's immigration status.
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The contrast between the anarchical images of vandalism in Seattle and Genoa and the dignified demeanor of civil rights demonstrators forty years before is striking.
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They'll both end up with peerages for distinguished service to British football/fashion and people will laugh at their youthful misdemeanours.
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Virtually every Native American organization has condemned the use of demeaning images or mascots.
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All these government programs are invasive of privacy, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient.
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And yes, Endicott is a precious resource as well, I didn't mean to demean it when I said SurLaLune was the best.
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
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While his discourse is extreme and accusatory, his demeanor is equable and deliberate.
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When, as the newest member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Webb praised those military men "of moral conscience" whom the Bush administration had "demeaned" and "destroyed" for their opposition to the war, Newbold was among those he had in mind.
The Night of the Generals
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Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
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When you meet your demoness and she shakes to hell your unflappable demeanor.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
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In his many years as an angler, businessman, and conservation leader, this gentle demeanor helped bring together local meat fishermen, outfitters, wealthy anglers, conservationists, and ranchers.
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Welfare reformers have imagined that in forcing people to work, a demeaning chapter would close in their lives.
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(Being a spectator is a felony in 20 states, a misdemeanor in 28, and legal only in Georgia and Hawaii.)
Jamie Frevele: Bones Takes on Dogfighting. We All Should.
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Nobody is more free from the ostentatious correctness of the literary precisian, and nobody preserves so much purity and so much dignity of language with so little formality of demeanor.
Voltaire
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Remember also that most people, despite their confident appearance and demeanor, are often as scared as you are and as doubtful of themselves.
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Gambians tend to be soft-spoken and gentle in demeanor, seeking to avoid noisy conflicts and striving toward quiet settlement of disputes.
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Singling out people for praise can be difficult as it risks demeaning the achievements of others.
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Phelps was accused of failing to “demean himself” (= behave) properly, but he has certainly succeeded, then and since then, in demeaning (= debasing) himself.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Disbarment of Fred Phelps
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Incredibly, this shocking misdemeanour endeared him to thousands of hormonally charged schoolgirls, and made him a pin-up in offices around the country.
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Under the paternal demeanor all anyone ever detected was a terrible waste balefulness.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum
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He found it very demeaning to have to work for his former employee.
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If his nervous demeanour - fiddling with his cigarette box, avoiding eye contact - rather belies his confidence with a camera, his work fortunately speaks for itself.
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Or the state's interest in preserving "traditional institutions" -- like marriage between different-sex couples -- might overcome a homosexual's right to not be "demeaned," as Justice Kennedy put it.
The War Over Gay Marriage
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There was a benignancy, a sweetness of demeanor, which attracted them to him, and while his name may not be sounded in the trump of fame, yet the subtile power of his gentleness and goodness has permeated many lives, will shape many destinies, and will have a force in the history of the world greater than that which will be exerted by many who will succeed him here.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session
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Yet is there not something trivial and demeaning about insisting that the'real' meaning of ancient texts is the path to peace and common understanding?
Times, Sunday Times
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Nimitz, calm in demeanor and courteous in speech, with blue eyes, a pink complexion, and tow-colored hair turning white, was a fortunate appointment.
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His benevolent demeanor and tolerance have apparently not worked well.
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Since when does a misdemeanor drunk - in - public need 2 detectives?
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He said his demeanour and attitude during questioning was not that of a man who had something to hide.
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Despite his usual gruff demeanor, he was impressed with the vessel.
THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO
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They started pillaring and demeaning all of those guys who were actually responsible then for re-fixing the books.
CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2009
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It seems as if he has the proper demeanor to foster that sense of collegiality, which is apparently so important.
CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2005
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Paul Mormando and Anthony Miccio were convicted on misdemeanor assault and discrimination charges.
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Our social groups effectively socialize us to see particular dress and hair styles, modes of demeanour and address, accents and vocabularies as being more attractive than others.
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The pair play natives of that country - sweet, carefree adolescents whose blithe athleticism and pert demeanor are just a little cloying.
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People who speak that way are speaking in pejorative, demeaning terms.
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Leaving school at 13 he did the round of reform schools after a spell of teenage misdemeanours.
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Iverson was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of firearms with a controlled substance.
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Sporting a permanently pained expression and the hunched demeanour of a child expecting a smack, he speaks in gnomic aphorisms that frequently sound like bumper-sticker mottoes.
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Last month, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor voter-fraud charge.
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This saying was often used to demean the work of an individual, especially "handymen".
Undefined
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The compensation has provoked claims of misusing public funds and demeaning the value of a disabled person's life.
Times, Sunday Times
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With his gosh-darned, aw-shucks demeanor and disarming smile, he is able to insult entire ethnic groups without even realizing he's doing it.
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His calm demeanor is belied by an intense stare he uses as a laser guide for Morris to slide the stone down a path of strategic calculation.
Martin is straw that stirs unbeaten Canadian curling team
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In the case of the American composer it is certainly true that we "excessively demeane ourselves in a good action.
Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
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If he was living the high life, his appearance and demeanour gave no hint of it.
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I think so far we have seen a huge divide between the majority of senators who are truely dedicated to the job and the few others who continually show up late, disrespect and demeane group and program leaders who come before them, and fail to show any sort of commitment to serving anything besides their own egos, "mentioned Sam Dotterz-Katz, when questioned about the Senate's overall ethical behavior.
Oregon Commentator
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Tell the Lord that you want to witness to him through your talents, your demeanor, and your acts of love.
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The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Louisiana is blasting the new ad, "Welcome Prize," as "demeaning" and "racist.
David Vitter's new ad trafficks heavily in race-baiting
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Help those in her presence to keep a civil tongue and a calm demeanor as they take on the burden of chastisement and admonishment, which is never easy work, Lord.
Poor, Afflicted Nail Filing Sister
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The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
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his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally
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I like Rooney, I like his no no-nonsense approach to the game and his quiet demeanour off the pitch.
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The girls 'distinctive qualities-from Trini's bubbly self-confidence to Dominique's granitelike demeanor-were abundantly evident in Williams-Garcia's enthusiastic reading.
Publishers Weekly - Children's Books News
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Then when Jed were penalised for a stamping offence, Stenhouse punished the misdemeanour with well-struck kick to put the Greens eight points ahead.
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Lara, thanks to her confident demeanour was one of the easy favourites throughout the evening.
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When we lose our humor, our whole demeanor changes - our tone of voice, how we move and carry ourselves, our facial expressions.
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My previously sunny and happy demeanour changed to one of abject horror.
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For one thing, his staid demeanour and the conservatism of his dress and habits might have led one to suppose that he was a fuddy-duddy, set in his ways and hostile to change.
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High crimes and misdemeanours indeed.
Times, Sunday Times
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His self-deprecating, nice-guy demeanour is comforting, but he's rarely funnier than your funniest friend on an off night.
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American soldiers committed, their demeanor has been warlike, which is not perceived by the occupied populace as reassuring or secure, but as frightening and dangerous.
Jane Smiley: The End is Nigh
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Sure enough, the first dog pinned us into a corner with the sheer ferocity of its demeanour.
THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
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Ray Lewis sold out his homies for time served and a misdemeanor plea bargain.
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The Commission for Racial Equality among others said the black makeup was demeaning to black people.
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Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement.
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The smile is warm and her demeanour friendly and winning.
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The civil law gave the husband the same, or a larger authority over his wife, allowing him, for some misdemeanors, _flagellis et Fustibus acriter verberare uxorem_ (to beat his wife severely with whips and cudgels); for others only _modicam castigationem adhibere_ (to administer moderate chastisement).
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
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My cherubic demeanour lasted about 45 minutes.
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I could only assume that it was predating some ovine parasites and it made me wonder whether this complimentary veterinarian service had ever been entered in the farmer's logbook of magpie crimes and misdemeanours.
Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk
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But what has been brought in are behavioral experts and demeanor experts.
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I believe that it should be another misdemeanor to smoke marijuana under the age of 21.
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They kind of demean Ann Coulter into becoming this unwomanlike thing.
Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer: Media Drunk Tank: Officer O'Reilly
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People, often children, are forced to do demeaning and often health destroying jobs. Try knotting Oriental carpets all day and see how long you keep your sight.
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We live by telling our own story, and that story can either ennoble us or demean us.
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As Professor Edmundson further points out, even though a default judgment would not "vindicate" Ms. Jones, if accompanied by a statement that the President chose not to demean his office by defending such a civil suit, there would be a question of public reaction.
Clinton & the Jones Case
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Students should not demean the graduation ceremony with inappropriate behavior.
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It's probably because those issues really came up with the people he spoke to, those citizens he supposedly "demeaned".
John Farr: There's Truth In Obama's Words About the Middle Class
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Lieberman unappealingly then went on to castigate Obama via a demeaning rhetorical pat on the head by asserting that maybe in the future Obama would amount to something.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Moose Bull Party of St. Paul
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I forgot how demeaning it is to get rejected for a job you're overqualified for and really didn't want in the first place.
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The disc is slapped with a misdemeanor for iffy audio and no substantial extra features.
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Somehow, the caliginous man's intimidating demeanor always failed to discourage or frighten Josh, much less hamper his cheery, gossiping attitude.
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They are reclaiming a heritage, their own heritage, which has been historically demeaned through cartoon characters and national stereotypes.
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Her demeanor was proud and haughty, and her stance bespoke power and determination.
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Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving.
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
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The president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States are removable from office on impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate for "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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Hardly the demeanour of an unmasked spy.
Times, Sunday Times
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KERRY: THE SUBSTANCEHe may have a reputation for being wooden and aloof, but Kerry is a formidable debater -- he was named class orator at Yale -- who has crushed opponents with his command of facts and his cool demeanor.
At Last, The Two Shall Meet...Face To Face, Chin
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Her friendly demeanor is appreciated by all, especially by the monkeys, chimpanzees and even the gorilla.
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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Chavez's words "demeaned" himself and his nation.
Seth Swirsky: Be Ashamed. Be Very Ashamed.
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In fact, we understand that he was almost released at an undisclosed location in this community by his choice but then all of a sudden California called up and said, "No, we want him in California for those five charges of misdemeanor possession of child porn," so he's back tonight in the county jail.
CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2006
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To whom the prince said: Demean thee not disordinately, lest thou perish by grievous death.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7
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To argue that solutions only demean the grandeur of human ignorance?
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The energy that was once spent in a constructive fashion, rooting for teamwork and friendship, will be transformed into a tornado of terror and minor misdemeanors.
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A default judgment would in no way "vindicate" Jones if the President's stated reason for refusing further to defend the suit was the (by now all-too-obvious) fact that defending would demean his office and unduly distract him from doing the people's work.
Clinton & the Jones Case
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Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson also testified in support of the ban stating that a system of unlimited contributions "prostitutes ideas and ideals, demeans democracy, and debases debates.
Fred Wertheimer: 2010 Elections: Secret Financing and the Campaign Finance Reform Battles to Come
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Crimes and misdemeanours are indictable offences…
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However, the same offense might be either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on its degree.
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One reason is that permissive societies that realized that crime does pay did not boycott people who lived a life of misdemeanour and wrongdoing.
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The portents are not good for one of his fractious demeanour.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is greater public interest in protecting private life -- and that interest must tolerate the occasional missed misdemeanour," said Whittle, a former BBC controller of editorial policy.
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And interestingly, as usual, it is the Bible based, Evangelistic, GOP, Republican Right who have once again demeaned our President!
Obama delivers controversial school speech
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He was hostile, aggressive, profane, rude, demeaning and intimidating.
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More importantly, this imagery affects the demeanour of these macho men when dealing with the public.
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John McCain parried away a question Wednesday about his supposedly hot-headed demeanor by talking up his long bipartisan record in the United States Senate.
Voter tells McCain his temper is 'something of concern'
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As a new fashion editor, I have experienced everything from subtle shifts in demeanor to snide remarks to outright eye-rolls when people look at my card and see my title.
Philippe Starck Will Never Be Idiotic Enough to Do Fashion | Inhabitat
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I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
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Then again, it would be hard to summon much tenderness for this painting by one of those pale young Brits of equine features and unvirile demeanor.
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Which was the more likelie to come to passe, by their informations that priuilie charged him with riot and other vnciuill demeanor vnséemelie for a prince.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
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The reinvention extends to her general demeanour, too.
The Sun
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The fact that he pled guilty to a misdemeanor and not a felony, I believe, still is going to put him in some jeopardy with immigration.
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The solutions to online crimes and misdemeanours will not be devised by my generation.
Times, Sunday Times
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He demeaned people who were drug addicts while he was popping damn near every legal painkiller on the market.
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His reputation, already tarnished from past misdemeanours, was shredded beyond repair.
The Sun
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He would ground her flightiness and her impulsiveness and she would lighten his sometimes-sober demeanour.
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This figure's weak chin, hunched shoulders and humble demeanor contribute to the poignancy and humanity of the busts.
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Violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable for a first conviction by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or by both and punishable for a second or subsequent conviction by a fine left to the discretion of the court.
The other day I was trout fishing in NC when a guy comes out of his house walks down to me and starts trying to drive me off the
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He had heard it said that her innocent demeanour combined with her intelligent mind made her a refreshing change from mindlessly demure damsels.
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A misdemeanour has been committed but the offender has not been caught.
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Here is a senator who pled guilty to a misdemeanor in what can best be described as tawdry circumstances.
CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007
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In other words, I would say that idolatry not only dishonors God and demeans the idolater; it ultimately leads to the destruction of the hapless idol itself.
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Bird expressed particular frustration with Stephen Jackson 's on - court demeanor.
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Whosoever shall willfully blaspheme the holy name of God, by cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, and whosoever shall profanely curse or damn or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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An honest plaine meaning man, (simply and conscionably) reprehended the malignity, hypocrisie, and misdemeanour of many
The Decameron
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To say Obama is "Reaganesque" is demeaning by Stanimal on Thursday, Apr 30, 2009 at 4: 03: 13 PM
One Hundred Days of President Barack Obama: So Far, So Good
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Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
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If a contraption doesn't beep or burr when he switches it on, it's just too demeaning for him even to contemplate.
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Ross has the demeanour of a superstar but the wee game of shinty cannot give him the context he truly deserves.
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Your misdemeanors are minor, and your contributions to the genre cannot be overlooked.
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Now, this writer has absolutely no interest in demeaning the dignity nor importance of the life that the late Christopher Reeve lead in his final decade prior to his accident.
Archive 2006-01-01
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His demeanor, sometimes indifferent, sometimes disgruntled, works fantastically in Hud.
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They tell the story (an amalgam as absorbing as calzium chloereydes and hydrophobe sponges could make it) how one happygogusty Ides-of-April morning (the anniversary, as it fell out, of his first assumption of his mirthday suit and rights in appurtenance to the confusioning of human races) ages and ages after the alleged misdemeanour when the tried friend of all creation, tigerwood roadstaff to his stay, was billowing across the wide expanse of our greatest park in his caoutchouc kepi and great belt and hideinsacks and his blaufunx fustian and ironsides jackboots and Bhagafat gaiters and his rubberised inverness, he met a cad with a pipe.
Finnegans Wake
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It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
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He is remembered by colleagues as being unflappable in theatre with a calm demeanour that soothed any histrionics.
Times, Sunday Times
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Those who consider it demeaning to the concept of human reproduction need not play and can save the modest 20 cost.
The Sun
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It demeans the people who do this work by telling them that their work is not important - that it is low-grade and demeaning.
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At present, the president has the constitutional power to dismiss an elected government for large scale misdemeanours.
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Nearly all of the detainees were released and deported, although only after months of cruel and demeaning treatment.
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They might almost have been called sensuous, but this was not a man whose demeanor spoke of such things.
The Unquiet
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Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $81 million and to plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor to settle allegations that it promoted Topamax for off-label psychiatric uses.
Abbott Books $1.5 Billion Charge for Potential Settlement
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You can't go through a day in cyberspace without committing at least one felony and a host of misdemeanors.
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I ask if he was at all nervous about detailing past crimes and misdemeanours.
Times, Sunday Times
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There was something about her calm, cool demeanour and the way her words sounded like they had been rehearsed and perfected which rendered Jack speechless.
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His plummy accent, polite demeanour and sartorial elegance remind one of an era when business was conducted at gentlemen's clubs over cigars and port.
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To think of students as customers cheapens and demeans post-secondary education.
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That charge could be filed as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances.
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Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving.
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
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Under federal law, it is a misdemeanor to commit safety violations that kill workers.
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Those are the words of her husband - and they provide a tantalizing glimpse into the private life of a man whose public demeanor was that of an unbending, ruthless soldier.
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He floored them with his simple demeanour and inspired them with his motivating speech on ‘My Beautiful India.’
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He's hanging around the writers to get a job, hoping for a better-paid class of soulless and demeaning media work.
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I tried to recall what it was about his demeanor or statements that augured this rejection, but could not find any clues.
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Although to say the man was a big influence on me musically would be a gross understatement, I will personally remember Piggy best for his disarming demeanour.
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Le sigh! at the Beau's increasing inability to control his demeanor and imbibing, and his inability to move Seattle to London or arsy-versy.
What blokes say
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_upon all_, it were found that some of _such_ counts -- that is, that some of the misdemeanours -- charged, must be withdrawn from the consideration of the court, by reason of defects in either the counts themselves or the findings upon them, it cannot, in many cases, be supposed that the sentence could be the same as if the court had the duty thrown upon it of punishing _all the offences charged_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844
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Boris Karloff, who played the monster first in Frankenstein, turned down a reprise of the role because he feared the monster would only be demeaned and denigrated.
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When judicial matters are one of the principal foci of borough and national records, we unavoidably receive an impression, not so much exaggerated as unbalanced, of the misdemeaning or felonious conduct of townsmen.
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And on the less gruesome side, personal" allure "is probably log-normally distributed, not just because physical attractiveness is probably so distributed, but a person's demeanor animates (interacts with) their plastic form.".
Redistribution: Blocking the Revenge of the Nerds?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Grit seeped up through the floorboards and got everywhere, even into the crème brûlée, for which Carol had developed a demeaning craving.
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
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This resulted in an unseemly scramble from the same prisoners all claiming to be guilty (usually of petty misdemeanours).
Times, Sunday Times
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A charge could be brought as a felony or misdemeanour.
The Sun
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I use the word consciously, very much aware that it has been used in the past to demean adult women.
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The energy that was once spent in a constructive fashion, rooting for teamwork and friendship, will be transformed into a tornado of terror and minor misdemeanors.
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An authorial demeanour indicative of lofty, uncompromising cerebration casts an oppressive shadow over all the essays.
Times, Sunday Times
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Currently, those sales carry a misdemeanor sentence of a year or less in the county jail.
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Bookes," said the immortal Milton, "demeane themselves as well as men.
Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs
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And her motherly demeanor makes it easier for other staff members to seek her advice.
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In the modern state of heightened wariness, staring like a dullard sounds no more demeaning than walking in your socks through airport security.
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It requires a bowler with a strong mind, a calm demeanour and a quick understanding of what is required.
Times, Sunday Times
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His demeanour was so blunt as sometimes might be termed clownish, yet there was in his language and manner a force and energy corresponding to his character, which impressed awe, if it did not impose respect; and there were even times when that dark and subtle spirit expanded itself, so as almost to conciliate affection.
Woodstock
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But the Don would not be pacified; and walked out, calling himself an ass and a blinkard for having demeaned himself to such a company, forgetting that he had brought it on himself.
Westward Ho!
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But the boy Mohammed being by me objurgated-for I remarked in him a jaunty demeanour combined with neglectfulness of ceremonies-saluted it sulkily, muttering the while hints about the holiness of his birthplace exempting him from the trouble of stooping.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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He also reuoked into his hands certeine parcels of his demeane lands, which his father had giuen away, and passing from thence into Aquitaine, mightilie subdued certeine lords and barons there, that had rebelled against him.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne
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Despite the new grown-up demeanour, some aspects of the girl still spill over.
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Grif's sensitive, intelligent and sweet-tempered demeanour sets him apart from his more mundane siblings.
The Times Literary Supplement
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I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
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Woman," thought Nietzsche, "is essentially unpeaceable, like the cat, however well she may have assumed the peaceable demeanour.
The Task of Social Hygiene
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I understand his misdemeanours included serious breaches of discipline such as when to return to the team hotel.
The Sun
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When Daniel returns, hr is worried about his grandpa dying, but instead he finds his grandparents happy; their catalyst Mara; but even she with her whimsy upbeat demeanor fears she will never reach the soul of the stoic sad fisherman.
Church of the Dog-Kaya McLaren « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
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I was embarrassed and wondered if there was something in my appearance or demeanor that had amused her.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune, the involuntary manslaughter charge was dropped after Grant pleaded no contests to misdemeanor "affray" - fighting two or more persons in a public place.
Chicagotribune.com - News
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Page 297 to me that son altesse royale might be seriously hurt, that nothing in her demeanour had announced her, rank; and such a discovery might lead to increased distance and reserve in her future conduct upon other extra audiences, that could not but be prejudicial to her popularity, which already was injured by an opinion extremely unjust, but very generally spread, of her haughtiness.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
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With his lithe figure, blond hair and imperious demeanour, he also looked special.
Times, Sunday Times
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We need to have three Members of Congress from anywhere come and say, 'Congressman, if you ... if you are willing to support an inquiry into a resolution of whether there had been acts of impeachability conducted by, the Vice President of, and the President of the United States, that could lead to High Crimes and Misdemeanors, then we will join you if you introduce such a resolution.'
Rep. Conyers Discusses Impeachment
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But casual demeanour belies a character that, say former colleagues, is rather unforgiving of those not in command of the facts.
Times, Sunday Times
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To suggest they have all been harmed, at least to a degree warranting criminal punishable, is to expand the definition of harm to render it meaningless, not mention creating a world of misdemeanants.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor
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His demeanor suddenly changed from gentle, indulgent parent, to barking hellion.
