How To Use Mannered In A Sentence

Hickstone gave a very mannered performance in the lead role.
It was incredibly bad-mannered of me, but I felt myself falling asleep. TIME OF THE WOLF
Forrest was normally mild-mannered, affable, and untalkative.
Its intention is to restore pride in the past and create a more mannered society.
In appearance and atmosphere he was a strapping big college man, smooth-faced and easy-mannered, clean and simple and wholesome, with a known record of being a splendid athlete and an implied vast possession of cold culture of the inhibited sort. SOUTH OF THE SLOT

I was abominably ill-mannered, and I apologize.
At this point in the play, folk culture of Lenten abnegation and christening joy collides with mannered personal interaction and judgmental asperity.
What on earth had Hugh Puddephat done to provoke such passionate hatred in this well-mannered woman?
Last week, your mild mannered reporter was walking through Knightsbridge, and he glanced in an easterly direction.
I have seen your mailbox, and think it would look lovely with a nice well mannered clem. Clems, Roses and Good Things Coming To An End « Fairegarden
Well mannered and quiet, with a stutter in his speaking voice - but not his singing one - Thompson nonetheless has an air of defiance about him.
I found him to be ill-mannered and didn't take to him at all.
To see him at work you would think he was a mild-mannered postal worker, happily idling along on a red postie bike as he delivers the mail.
Let me emphasize, straight away, that he isn't what I would call a friend, but I know him enough to say that he did purposely design himself: single, modest dresser in receding colours, mathematics teacher, sponsor of the chess club, mild-mannered acquaintance to all rather than a friend to any, a person anxious to become invisible. Excerpt: Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
The guests of the banquet sway extraneously from portrayals as parasites, wild, carnivorous beasts and ravenous dogs to spoilt brats at a kids' party to well mannered socialites.
The shark will be back and if you can't pay, he'll break your creativity, morale, and good-mannered nature as virtue twigs.
Meanwhile, living in Cambridge and knowing a very large number of Unitarian Universalists and various lefty folks, I can attest that not every liberal is "mannered," "self-critical," or "pensive. Philocrites: Beware 'Old Testament' comparisons.
Much of it seems artificial and mannered. Times, Sunday Times
O'Brien, on the other hand, is mild-mannered and conciliatory in his approach.
He shows himself to be an ill-mannered, thin-skinned, easily flattered narcissistic ignoramus, given to stupid jokes, banal observations, casual rudeness and hypocritical pieties.
The city swarms with scruffily dressed and, largely, scruffily mannered young people.
Two policemen are filming and photographing the apparently mild-mannered women holding the poster.
I say: girl, I don't want to know about your mild - mannered alter ego.
Obviously I'm a mild mannered man with an unending love for humankind, and I only ever see the best in people.
Publicly, the Europeans have been following the script – "a good night's kip and then go out there and give it to them," said the normally mild-mannered Ross Fisher, sounding more like Paulie Gualtieri from the Sopranos than Clark Kent – but behind the scenes they have been in awe of the way Montgomerie has comported himself this week. Ryder Cup 2010: Colin Montgomerie uses dark arts to steel European team
Before the white man came, in fact, the kea was a mild-mannered fruit-eating or honey-sucking bird. Science in Arcady
He declines nosepaint in every form; an 'this yere abstinence, the same bein' yoonique in Wolfville, together with Coyote conductin 'himse'f as the p'litest an' best-mannered gent to be met with in all of Wolfville Nights
Investors are unworried about future swings partly because exchange-rates have been relatively well-mannered in the recent past. Currency Investors: What, Me Worry?
the doctor's quiet unmannered entry
Renée Zellweger's mannered neuroticism is becoming increasingly annoying and Catherine Zeta-Jones phones it in.
Ever since Charles Baudelaire, abnegators have initiated a Bohemian-mannered vagrom tradition in the literary realm.
Builders – calm, well-mannered, loyal and cautious.
When I wear salwar kameez people stare. If I wear shorts they say 'she is ill mannered'. No matter what we wear people always comment, ' Tina from Manipur said.
In September, CBS will premiere "How to Be a Gentleman" about a preppy, well-mannered magazine columnist. A New Generation of TV Wimps
Everything else is carried out with pomp and ceremony by the deferential, impeccably mannered, staff.
My mom was mild-mannered compared to that, which was really saying something.
Two policemen are filming and photographing the apparently mild-mannered women holding the poster.
I am rock's foremost poet and ill-mannered grouch.
I am usually mild-mannered but it was the competitiveness in me. The Sun
A gangster tale set during Prohibition, it wears its mannered style like concrete boots. Times, Sunday Times
One of the most mild-mannered people I know is driven into a frenzy by the fact that there is a caravan parked in a drive just up the road from her.
Best known is Sylvia Sidney playing Rose in what is an exceedingly natural and unmannered fashion.
It has evolved from the simplest folk through the mannered court and finally to the expert classical dance.
He gives a highly mannered performance, speaking more to the floor and back wall than out to the audience.
On television this sort of thing is enormously effective in demoralizing the innocent and well-mannered who, acting in good faith, do not lie or make personal insults, Buckley has made many honorable men look dishonest fools by his demagoguery, and by the time they recover from his first assault and are ready to retaliate, the program is over. R_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"
His previous album, Conasauga, dwelt almost wholly in Appalachian ruralisms and pristine fingerpicking, and you can hear that ornate classicism in the well-mannered portions of ‘Warpaint’ and ‘The Nest.’
Along the way, the mild-mannered Green is introduced to the joys of groupie sex, narcotic-fuelled insobriety of dubious origin via a giant bifter known as a "Jeffrey", and various other staples of the rock star lifestyle. Post-credits scene: Get Him to the Greek
Mild-mannered Donald may be, but as he so ably illustrated at last year's Ryder Cup in Wales – where he was the star man of the European team – he is something of matchplay specialist. Cruel hand Luke Donald ends Matteo Manassero's dream run
It was unscarred and perfectly ordinary, the face of a mild-mannered sixty-something-year-old man. The Omega Theory
Viewed from afar, the works seem strikingly cold and mannered, even when evoking the distinctly human creases of flesh.
Softness and that curiously mild-mannered touch dominated Lang Lang's playing.
It was the same as teaching ballroom everywhere: you were part dance teacher, part well-mannered gigolo.
As if in order to get his mind off the ill-mannered, rude, loutish - and potentially lethal - antics of lowbred, narcissistic drivers, he turns to me and asks, ‘Not counting your parents, who most influenced you between the ages of zero and eighteen?’
But my first exposure to Joyce was in a sleepy little black shoebox theatre, where a troupe of mild-mannered turtlenecked barnstormers read from Dubliners from a stage decorated with high stools, and where I, underexposed and underage and over my head, had too much to drink and fell asleep in mid-performance. After the Race | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
It is very mannered, very strange and very much an acquired taste.
Naco (fmn. naca) is a pejorative word often used in Mexican Spanish to describe bad-mannered and poorly educated people. "Trailer trash"
Big-eyed, friendly and notably well-mannered, Amukamara has been a presence in the Giants locker room from the moment he arrived. A Little Football and a Lot of Hazing
Mild-mannered, teetotal, often other-worldly, he was unswerving in his work for a party notable then for its lack of success.
It does not think in the way we were brought up to think – well-mannered, congenial … Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Root of Procrastination
CBS 'How to Be a Gentleman' 'How to Be a Gentleman' CBS Andrew, a well-mannered magazine columnist, recruits an old high-school bully to teach him how to be a "real" man. A New Generation of TV Wimps
His previous album, Conasauga, dwelt almost wholly in Appalachian ruralisms and pristine fingerpicking, and you can hear that ornate classicism in the well-mannered portions of ‘Warpaint’ and ‘The Nest.’
And yesterday even my mild mannered girlfriend used words that you'd usually hear coming from a docker. Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United - as it happened
Mild-mannered Stanley morphs into a confident, grinning hero.
Vocally they veer between manic and mannered, at times verging on hysterical operatics, while their rigid riffs resemble uncoordinated robots trying to play disco.
He was well mannered, that is to say well learned and induced in the sacrifices and works of the temple, as it appeareth in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
Your watch is missing and you suspect that your ill-mannered pooch swallowed it down with his kibble.
Wellmannered cat; she coffs in paw, sneezes on me. Wellmannered kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
The figure's unnaturally elongated legs and awkwardly distended fingers seem a bit too mannered.
Now the rest of us may have been a cross-section of the conscience-struck, community-minded and well-mannered, but our decisions to remain on the ground were not made out of consultation or a group vote, but individually.
On the contrary, he grew presumptuous on success; and when he printed his performance, the dedication to the Earl of Norwich was directly levelled against the poet-laureate who termed it the “most arrogant, calumniatory, ill-mannered, and senseless preface he ever saw.” [ The Dramatic Works of John Dryden
He was the old-fashioned type, well-mannered and always in a suit and tie.
She was critical, she answered back, she was bad-mannered at table, sharp-tongued - all to impress that young horror. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
With a deft flick of the reins, the policeman wheeled his mount and together they stood their ground, motionless, man and horse looking down at that ill mannered citified pup.
When Winston Churchill visited Bletchley during the war to make a speech to the codebreakers, he thought they were ill-dressed, ill-mannered and eccentric.
This lack of self (not one illustration is of the author) does have the advantage of lending credibility; and with no heroics or intrusive personal antics, and certainly none of the backpackers 'dreaded "inner journey", Jacobs's unmannered style and easy erudition is a delight. Andes by Michael Jacobs
Those young people whom I reprimanded weren't really misbehaving, or even being particularly bad mannered.
The British are considered ill-mannered, badly dressed and unsophisticated.
His performance was altogether too mannered, but the woman playing his wife was fun.
Some readers may fear that Mr. Blythe's prose is overly nostalgic and mannered.
Your auntie is going over to Merrybrow Hall to-morrow to inquire about this little Master Phil from my Lady Lavander, for we think it's at one of her ladyship's farms that he and his nurse are staying, and if she hears that he's a nice-mannered little gentleman, and comes of good parents – why, missie, there's no saying but that you'll get leave to play with him as much as you like. The Cuckoo Clock
Kind-hearted but rough-mannered youths, who loved Merry very much, but teased her sadly about her "fine lady airs," as they called her dainty ways and love of beauty. Jack And Jill
It was quite rude and ill-mannered of you to make them wait on you.
The stories are, in true Sfar style, truly unusual, though they have more structure and a little more empathy than the unapologetically bad-mannered Sardine books. Little Vampire (and Other Little Folk)
Chantal would have considered it ill-mannered to show surprise.
And of course, you were too well-mannered to tell me, you darling polite woman. Don’t Go Down To The Woods « Tales from the Reading Room
He is too mild-mannered to be a manager; too nice to be nasty.
He's very mild-mannered and studious, which is what makes the punchline work. Saturday’s Super Special Sneak Preview! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
It is unfair, unreasonable and ill-mannered to demean someone who has dedicated much of her career to NASA; you display remarkable ignorance in dismissively asserting that Lori Garver is a "political opportunist". It's Time To Go, Mike - NASA Watch
It was unmannered or unrefined to be too open about your superiority. Jairus Grove: A User's Guide to the New Racism
Ruff a mild - mannered man who had been wheelchair - bound for most of his life.
Superman may save the world on a regular basis, but he gets to come home and be mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent.
Even the mild-mannered people out in the provinces are now saying that there will be civil disobedience.
Old servants have left, and the new ones seem unmannered and undisciplined. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Pink Lacoste or Ralph Lauren piqué polo shirts were probably the biggest sellers and they reflected the image of a distinguished and well-mannered preppy boy.
Overall, 39 per cent of shoppers admit they can be incredibly selfish and bad mannered out on the high street.
It makes me really sad to see how irresponsible, rude and bad-mannered many seem to be.
Your men have behaved most admirably and have proven themselves to be the best disciplined and well mannered regiment in the British Army. Times, Sunday Times
To do so is foolish and ill-mannered, invites scorn, and is contrary to the whole principle of the clan system.
Beautifully mannered, she is able to set clients at ease. Times, Sunday Times
He played it straight as a gay uncle in the 2006 sleeper hit "Little Miss Sunshine" and delivered a soulful, unmannered performance in the uneven romantic dramedy "Dan in Real Life. Upwardly mobile: Steve Carell rises above the material in 'Dinner for Schmucks'
Before we go a sentence further, I must tell you, I am truly a mild-mannered fella, benignly boisterous at times, but, a Peaceful Percy for the most part. Binky Philips: I Get Bounced From the Buzzcocks
He had a cheeky way, well mannered and very amicable. Times, Sunday Times
I have always told you the consequence of attending to the minutiae, where art (or imposture, as the ill-mannered would call it) is designed — your linen rumpled and soily, when you wait upon her — easy terms these — just come to town — remember (as formerly) to loll, to throw out your legs, to stroke and grasp down your ruffles, as if of significance enough to be careless. Clarissa Harlowe
The reasons for T's actions are explained later, but as they play out onscreen, they seem mannered and imperceptive.
She is well mannered, gentle and calm. The Sun
It's a clarion call to the meek, the mild-mannered and the indecisive.
He is the most well-mannered, well-behaved boy I know.
Most discourteous cell phone culprits are inherently ill-mannered.
In addition, the unceasing soundtrack of light, R & B-influenced pop and mild-mannered rock is sending me slightly barmy.
It has evolved from the simplest folk through the mannered court and finally to the expert classical dance.
Her delivery is mannered: grandstanding effects punctuated by hammily deadpan understatement and coyly rhetorical pauses emerging from a face cosmeticized into a comic mask.
There was his flaw on full display: he was reasonable and well mannered when he should have been shouting and screaming. Times, Sunday Times
His prose style is far too mannered and self-conscious.
He is a good-mannered hypocrite whose tedious righteousness has driven his beloved wife away.
It is an expression of delight in the prolonged contemplation of a vile thing, and delight in that is an "unmannered," or "immoral" quality. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin
The guests of the banquet sway extraneously from portrayals as parasites, wild, carnivorous beasts and ravenous dogs to spoilt brats at a kid's party to well mannered socialites.
They can't handle you if you remain well mannered all the time. Times, Sunday Times
Michael Kinsley, writing in "The Washington Post" last March said, "CNN's Lou Dobbs, formerly a mild-mannered news anchor, noted for his palsy-walsy interviews with corporate CEOs has turned into a raving popular xenophobe. CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2006
To call the acting wooden would be overstatement, but it's often stiff and mannered.
I hadn't taught Mark but the teachers who did said he was good-humoured, mild-mannered, a clever lad who answered perceptively but didn't want to draw attention to himself.
At a time when radio comedy in Britain was often extremely mannered and driven by catchphrases, The Goon Show was a huge leap.
What other reason can there possibly be for the number of surly, bad-mannered ignoramuses I stumble across when I'm looking to use, order or buy anything?
To her credit, it has left her well-mannered and nonconfrontational, if also a little detached. Times, Sunday Times
Lately she had been representing corporations, ill-mannered entities by charter. THE VENDETTA DEFENCE
Jacob does not know how to react to this headstrong woman who is nothing like the mild-mannered wife he had loved.
In addition, the unceasing soundtrack of light, R & B-influenced pop and mild-mannered rock is sending me slightly barmy.
This sent my normally mild-mannered father, who was eating dinner at the time, into a rage.
As a public speaker, mild-mannered Governor McKinley of Ohio was no match for the Boy Orator of the Platte, but as one McKinley enthusiast rejoiced to point out, the Platte was a river “six inches deep and six miles wide at the mouth.” The Five of Hearts
Quiet and well-mannered in the way he presents himself in public, he is at the age of only 25 one of snooker's elite band of millionaires.
This week brings the publication of a book next to which Truss seems a mild-mannered word whisperer. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
There is a lot of mannered and arch 1960s fashion photography. Times, Sunday Times
A mild-mannered couple use a variety of distract-and-grab schemes to steal laptops from business travelers.
Much of it seems artificial and mannered. Times, Sunday Times
Now, and doubtless then, he was well mannered and charming. Times, Sunday Times
Dean Neuhaus had come here from London, and he managed to make our entire country inferior to his too—our grossly abundant restaurant meals, our bad-mannered children, our sloppy and distasteful use of the English language. The Six Rules of Maybe
House of Fury: A mild-mannered bonesetter turns out to be a top-notch secret agent, semi-retired. Action triple feature today, Raleigh-Durham shuttle departing at noon
And what about Brown's mild-mannered demeanour, wondered Gray; could his intelligence and articulateness have been detrimental to doing the job properly?
But they were well-mannered, loitering beneath the feeders, waiting for whatever sunflower seeds the finicky nuthatches and—does anyone happen to know whether titmice is the plural of titmouse—happened to toss aside in their search for the perfect seed. Backyard Warfare
Will was raised on a ship with a bunch of bad-mannered sailors.
Kits were designed to cover every inch of visible flesh but they survived long after such heavily mannered prudishness had deceased.
Surprisingly heavy, driving guitars lend this otherwise mild mannered comeback track a necessary edge. The Sun
I would argue that the violence in the Middle East is pretty mild mannered compared to the savageness occurring in Gujarat, a province in Northwestern India.
Hormones can turn even the most mild-mannered -- or, if not mild-mannered, so passive-aggressive as to SEEM mild-mannered -- person into a total psycho hosebag. I'm Back, Large (Very Large) and in Charge
His most successful role to date has been that of Thermoman - alias mild-mannered shopkeeper, George Sunday - in My Hero.
Beasts, vipers and monsters descend upon a mildmannered-looking man, likely a self-portrait, while a giant, sinuous snake, limned by several wavy lines of paint, hovers overhead.
Bordone's talent was dispersed among saturnine portraits, mannered religious scenes and images of dark and brooding eroticism.
He sounds like a slightly demented five-year-old child, while at the same time looking like anybody's mild-mannered uncle.
Even wild and childish Kyle was poised behind his keyboard, black buttoned shirt, tails hanging unmannered over his casual blue jeans.
A Good Marriage" is an especially excruciating story of a woman who discovers that her husband of 20 years has maintained a secret identity beyond—and behind—the daily mask he wears as a mild-mannered numismatist. Twelve Months of Reading
He was mild-mannered and polite, attempting light humour to put me at my ease.
England to George Anne Bellamy, the gifted actress, in 1755: "For never have I attended a more complete banquet or met better dressed or better mannered people than I met on my arrival in George Town, which is named after our gracious Majesty. A Portrait of Old George Town
Parke doesn't deny it, noting a shift from protesting outside bases towards well-mannered lobbying in the corridors of power.
Miss Waller was always smiling, almost simpering, and Miss Hooper was a mild-mannered pale-coloured personality.
During the bus boycott, local civil rights leaders described her to the press as “mild-mannered and soft-spoken,” a “lady . . . who was too sweet to even say damn in anger,” and “a typical American housewife.” A Renegade History of the United States
Oozing grace, charm, wit and style, she gives a masterclass of the English mannered style - a raised eyebrow here or a sly grin there sufficient to keep us engaged.
And he is on BBC2 in the evenings now, asking his aggressive questions at mild-mannered members of the public.
In the late 1930s he became a friend of Gruber and developed a rather mannered figure style influenced by him and by Picasso.
For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length.
As if such intrusions can be dismissed as the doings of a cranky, ill-mannered boys, who don't really mean any permanent harm to the women they target.
There is a literary quality to The Cooler that does make it feel mannered and even theatrical at times.
She avails herself of acrylics, charcoal, copper, oil pastel, powdered pigment, flashe and graphite in applications too unmannered to be called autographic.
He is a virtuous, moral man with dignity and strength, not the mild-mannered pushover of decades past.
If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.
Mild-mannered yet talkative dental supplies salesman, Andy goes to Detroit to give a speech at a dental convention.
He may ladle on the mannered affectations but they're laced with a really spiky humour.
The book is in essence the life story of a mild-mannered and cultured intellectual living under communism.
He's a modest, mild-mannered man, without a trace of self-importance.
In formulating a rather mild-mannered anarchism, which promises no windows will be broken, the filmmakers, probably unwittingly, have tailored their work to the present conformist climate.
Mild-mannered Stanley morphs into a confident, grinning hero.
I am but a mild mannered serial monogamist, so we are coming at this whole thing from different angles, and its driving us both bonkers.
At times what the Telegraph called Lily's "mannered gorblimey" irritates rather than amuses though it has to be said that "Never Gonna Happen" fuses electro-pop sounds to Abba immediacy to make a hugely catchy sound. Cross Rhythms
Parke doesn't deny it, noting a shift from protesting outside bases towards well-mannered lobbying in the corridors of power.
In both shows, Ms. Coon's directness and unmannered simplicity pointed to a new star in the sky. Revival of the Fittest: Great Shows Roar Back
The normally mild-mannered Bale was fuming. The Sun
He's well mannered and a real gentleman. The Sun
Milan has always been elegant, fashionable and well mannered. Times, Sunday Times
Presently, Larry is working as a mild-mannered library clerk at a community college in Kingston, Ontario.
Wilful impediment of the sacred moves was not only ill-mannered, but the worst form of blasphemy.
Word on the street was that Snafu takes a cue from the Superman comics: by day a mild mannered watering hole but by night a super human drink fest. Midtown Happy Hour: Reconnaissance Work at Snafu Bar | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
But even though he was unceremoniously deposed from office last year, could the mild-mannered leader really be capable of such deeds?
resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion
Employing language that is purposefully stylized and mannered, it reads something like a perverse Lewis Carroll.
In contrast to Roberts, Henriksen is magnetic without being mannered.
Many of the expats turn from mild mannered into loud, aggressive monsters. Times, Sunday Times
They swear are ill - mannered and aggressive, wilful as two - year - olds and utterly selfish.
If you don't live where ferns thrive, you can adapt the idea, using other low growers such as sedums, succulents, rockery plants, or well-mannered ground covers.
Much of it seems artificial and mannered. Times, Sunday Times
The result is a mannered, literary prose rooted firmly in the Gothic and decadent traditions.
And Moore, although mannered, builds just enough credibility to click in her role.
A mild-mannered man is wrongly accused of a crime and sentenced to anger-management treatment.
If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.
The sounds of the erhu and sheng are eerily beautiful against the symphony orchestra, evoking a timeless, ceremonial atmosphere against which the outbursts of percussion feel peremptory, even ill-mannered.
They were well mannered and sweet. Times, Sunday Times
Elsewhere, in the showier items, her light-footed virtuosity felt sketched in, even mannered. Times, Sunday Times
It is a curious beast - mannered and theatrical, with modern-looking faces speaking period dialogue in an historical dreamscape. Times, Sunday Times
I wondered as I listened to the mannered and overwrought theatrical stuff why he hadn't put that in there instead.
He and those three sons of his are ill-mannered boors, louts and womanizers.
In America, salsa - with its peppery kick - outsells milder-mannered ketchup.
He was well liked and fine mannered young man who later secured work in the Bacon Factory where he spent some years.
Another Year" is a joy, albeit one suffused with melancholy - a visually rich, musical, unmannered slice of life that magnifies experience rather than miniaturizing it. Somewhere between settled and unsettling

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