How To Use Mannerism In A Sentence

This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
Miles, the more successful, exaggerated the decorative qualities of his father's style to the point of mannerism.
He has a jolly, ready laugh and mannerisms like an absentminded professor.
It nodded to itself, a mannerism cultivated during its contacts with humans. T2©: RISING STORM
He looks the age and although his character still appears fit, his mannerisms have just a slight suggestion of slowness to them.

His mannerisms are more those of a preoccupied math professor.
a child with intolerably cute mannerisms
She had little formal education but travelled widely in Europe where her somewhat dramatic taste led to an interest in Italian Mannerism, German Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, and the decadents.
All individuals have different traits and characteristics and differ from one another in mannerisms and mental abilities.
But flip the switch and Nexi comes to life with human-like dexterity and mannerisms that compel us to see a mind in the machine.
`Mine's a pint," she called, giving a very credible impression of his voice and mannerism. LET NOT THE DEEP
Mannerism is characterized by a distortion of proportions and perspective.
But flip the switch and Nexi comes to life with human-like dexterity and mannerisms that compel us to see a mind in the machine.
It's easy to dismiss Peake's visual output as indulgent gothic fantasy; and indeed his images set the tone for so many subsequent cliches of the genre: the emaciated pallor of his somnambulistic protagonists, the obsessive detailing and filigree patterning of his graphic mannerisms, the too easy reliance on grotesque distortions. This week's new exhibitions
He has this irritating mannerism of constantly scratching his nose.
Eschenbach repeatedly slips into small but irritating mannerisms, such as a ritard and brief pause before this or that emphatic chord -- a disruption of flow that Mahler, a brilliant conductor, was perfectly capable of writing into the score had he wanted it. As Mahler's death centenary nears, an outpouring of recordings pays tribute
However, his music failed to evolve stylistically after the early 1830s and he was often charged with mannerism by less sympathetic critics.
Hunter Shooting at Birds bares the unmistakable influence of Rembrandt in its mannerism, but its unity of body and gun is entirely modern.
His gestures, his mannerisms and voice all seem too large, too forced to give him any chance of not being the standard straitjacketed worshipper of protocol.
Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence.
Its the comparison of the mannerism of various stars. .trying to tell his \mannerism was Comments for NAACHGAANA
Erik's mannerisms were very much like one who was raised under both the disciplines of a soldier, but also the restraints of a gentleman.
While Caan does a fairly credible job with the accent, voice inflection, and mannerisms, I had a difficult time with his being cast in this role.
Young Shahid Kapoor is a good dancer, and shows some acting talent here and there, but his body language, facial mannerisms, and timing resemble Shah Rukh Khan's body language, facial mannerisms, and timing far too often -- whether that was his or the director's fault, I can't guess. Archive 2006-02-01
Yet Chinese body language, mannerisms and accents are about as similar to Japanese as Australians are to the Scots.
This involved studying the mannerisms of the cartoon version of Daphne.
Their Long Sunday Afternoon duet epitomises what they mean to each other, while the upper crust Eddie is the perfect foil for Mickey's side-splitting mannerisms and send ups.
But outsiders might find his pronounced mannerisms and affectations odd, and thus they might reject him.
It was easy for me to overlook his excessive suavity of speech and super-courtesy of social mannerism. CHAPTER X
My friends and colleagues seem to delight in my Australian mannerisms and question me constantly about customs at home.
With his ghastly haircut and appalling dress sense, and his strange mannerisms, he is, nevertheless a giant of a man.
His strange mannerisms and goofy asides are amusing, and he has a comedian's sensibility for wanting to keep the audience at home interested.
The actors inherit these mannerisms and make the characters their own in the most delightful of ways.
All the idiosyncrasies for which he was known within his homeland, the hesitant mannerisms and trademark waddle, do not look quite so loveable in the world at large.
The class action lawsuit filed on July 29 defined the term "wigger" as "a pejorative slang term for a white person who emulates the mannerisms, language and fashions associated with African-American culture. ABC News: Top Stories
In the early days John was routinely accused of glibness, superficiality, mannerism, of Pop-Art vacancy and amorality.
Of course, to gain that aura, the chefs have also had to brush up on their social skills, mannerisms, deportment and general knowledge.
While the women's roles have been depicted with nuances and texture, his is all bluster and mannerism, with no depth.
a mannerism which is well described as stagey, and is supposed to be natural to the stage; just as half the modern poets write in a recognized form of literary manufacture, without the least impulse from within, and not with the purpose of saying anything, but of turning out Backlog Studies
It's pretty middling stuff, with a tricksy mannerism of freeze-framing the action at the end of a scene, which makes it look like a dodgy DVD pressing.
I suppose Mandeville would say that acting has got into a mannerism which is well described as stagey, and is supposed to be natural to the stage; just as half the modern poets write in a recognized form of literary manufacture, without the least impulse from within, and not with the purpose of saying anything, but of turning out a piece of literary work. The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
Bob Martin invests his characters with wonderful tics, gestures and mannerisms and makes his knife-sharp comedic timing feel effortless.
His eyes sparkled with delight as her mannerisms and voice reminded him of just how attractive he found Englishwomen.
Their feline sounds and nimble mannerisms left me breathless.
Billing himself as the ‘Genuine Nerd from Cleveland Ohio,’ his presence and mannerism are mesmerizing.
And what enhances the quality of the show is Jhansi's ease with dialects and mannerism.
As Dexter enters manhood, the complex dream in which Judy and her world of social grandeur and illimitability remains with him, while he takes steps to transcend his own limited life, persuading his father to send him east to the Ivy League, where, with a subtle blend of dream and hard-headedness, he acquires the clothes and the mannerisms of Judy's class, while realizing that he can never himself fully enter it. Fitzgerald's 'Radiant World'
In response to a question on the mannerism of good counsel, Faraz Rabbani, a leading scholar of Islam, wrote: "Our age is an age where the Prophetic mercy, gentleness, gradualness, and wisdom need to predominate and condition any "promotion" of both virtue and law. Fahad Faruqui: Outward Appearance vs. Inward Morality: The Hypocrisy Of Misdirected Faith
As Mitchell, he is all surface mannerism with no depth, an unconvincing Southern accent in a hat.
His gestures, his mannerisms and voice all seem too large, too forced to give Biggs any chance of not being the standard straitjacketed worshipper of protocol.
When mannerism dominated, there was also an emphasis on decoration inspired by animals, plants, and other themes that lent themselves to the elongation and distortion then prevalent.
Sometimes, he is shown on television mustering up a public scolding of a ham-handed government agency, as if he were trying out a few tough - guy mannerisms picked up from his mentor, Mr. Putin.
He would imitate Cameron's mannerisms and everything.
She has her eye on a like void when she describes Shakespeare's fascination with ‘human variability,’ how he could ‘create all kinds of human grotesques out of quiddities of speech and mannerism.’
His mannerisms bear a strong likeness to those of his father.
I saw individuals, each with their own characteristics, mannerisms, perspectives.
From the set to the characters' odd and affecting mannerisms, the whole enterprise suggested the kind of apparent simplicity and artlessness that only springs from hard work.
Sketches of G. K.'s personal appearance abound, and if occasionally they contradict one another in detail they yet contrive to convey a vivid and fairly truthful impression of the "leonine" head, the bulky form, the gestures and mannerisms. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
3. In all cultures and subcultures, a sizable percentage of nonreflecting individuals mindlessly follow the Herd, aping its dress, speech, mannerisms and values, whatever their content, equating status with conformity. Cultural and Personal Damage
The writing has an oratorical eloquence marked in places by mannerisms probably deriving from oral delivery.
Still, it's hard to imagine any wealth of extras making up for the sometimes monotonous mannerism of these murder-on-the-mind motion pictures.
He does, however, occasionally smirk, though he seems to be morphing that mannerism into a daffy eye-rolling gesture reminiscent of Jack Benny.
Most of their affectionate banter borders on the painful humiliating putdown, with Jamie loving to imitate Paul's manic mannerisms behind his back.
That Marivaux is a mannerist is so universally acknowledged in France, that the peculiar term of _marivaudage_ has been invented for his mannerism. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
So that it would appear that there is in Rubens 'style of colouring an original incompleteness, destructive in part of the naturalness he would aim at; it is a mannerism, very tolerable in such light works as those lucid and charming pictures by Teniers where all is light and unlaboured; but becoming a weakness where the other labour and the subject are important. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.
The actor, cannily aware of the trap set by this modern dress version, resists translating the mannerisms into those of just another gay quean.
Friedlaender felt uncertain about the term ‘Baroque,’ preferring to point out its viability as an alternative to the contortions and non-normative aspects of Mannerism.
They saw us with our floppy fringes and effete mannerisms and went mental.
Newman's amount of dialogue in the film is minimal and much of the role is conveyed through mannerism and action, yet he seems to settle into the role with ease.
Their mannerisms are alike, their voices indistinguishable, their gaits identical.
Consider the ‘tell’ of poker players, the anxious movements that betray an unaccomplished liar, and the seductive mannerisms of someone you know is interested in you before they speak.
While Kaufman only met the real Orlean at the end of the shoot, method actor Cage spent time studying his subject's mannerisms.
Johnson plays the innate clumsiness and discomfort that we'd expect to accompany a recent bodily acquisition like this with apparent ease and deft comedic mannerism.
Snappy dresser, too, Kelly saw, recording his face and build, gestures and mannerisms, as he ate through his calamari. WITHOUT REMORSE
Her striking mannerisms detract from the reality of the character.
Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
The student has picked up a mannerism or trick, perhaps from a film or pop source, whose real origin is Schoenberg or Messiaen.
In the early 20th century, against a background of thinking that rejected the universalist aesthetic of the classical tradition and saw period styles as the key to true historical understanding, Mannerism came to be re-evaluated.
The actress has some kittenish mannerisms which sometimes distract but she drifts convincingly enough through the sticky New York nights.
Ideas from abroad - notably the playful distortions of Italian Mannerism - eventually crowd into the tradition established by Van Eyck, upsetting its careful measure.
Always easy, always lucid, always correct, we may find them; but who is the writer, easy, lucid, and correct, who has not impregnated his writing with something of that personal flavour which we call mannerism? Thackeray
Hoffman duplicates Capote's unusual voice and mannerisms with remarkable skill, but the performance is much more than mimicry.
Longer hair, gender-neutral clothing, and feminine mannerisms would cause it to happen more and more often.
She's not beautiful; in fact, she's rather odd-looking with her big eyes and gawky mannerisms.
They react allergically to what they see as mannerisms in his playing, the love of extremes. The big bad boy of the concert hall
Sometimes I base part of characters on friends; for instance, a certain mannerism or personality trait. Marcia Muller talks about her heroine Sharon McCone
Bergotte is what I call a flute-player: one must admit that he plays on it very agreeably, although with a great deal of mannerism, of affectation. Within a Budding Grove
When changing from the lighter Handel subjects to the deep tragedy of Haydn, immediately his mannerism changed and so did the mood of the audience.
Back at the beginning, in 1974, the joke lay in watching guys clonk around in tutus and toe shoes, parodying (broadly) well-known dance works and making fun of old-time Ballets Russes mannerisms. The Trocks' Deadly Serious Spoofing; City Ballet's Revitalized Coppélia
Thought waves came strongly from 24of6; the quality of the mental sounds different, but the mannerism was the same. The Dragon Lensman
There is nothing wrong in imitating mannerisms found in every human being.
All has not by any means been praise; critics have on occasion thought the poetry monotone, close to mannerism, too determinedly dour or black-humored.
Pedestrians do not behave robotically and display various walking styles and mannerisms.
Whilst the Evolution title may lack certain aesthetic properties, in relation to insignificant details such as stadium names and uniform branding, it more than makes up for this with an adumbrative and delineative appearance that focuses on the movement and athletic mannerisms of its pixelated contestants, rather than sacrificing gameplay gratification in order to look more appealing to a footer-sim novice (dare I suggest, one like yourself?) Pocket-lint
Back in Florence by 1564, he was soon involved in Vasari's projects, though painting in a more restrained and monumental style than Vasari's extreme Mannerism.
It was a mannerism Maurice had only recently added to his collection. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
He has been compared to the likes of Paul Newman, Harrison Ford and has been heralded as a timeless, classic leading man, without movie star mannerism.
Williams chokes off every bit of his classic manic energy, which ends up channeling much meaning into every little bit of body language - while never devolving into obvious mannerisms.
She treats the opportunity with diligence and skill and dresses it with just the right helping of mannerism that passes for great acting.
His mannerisms bear a strong likeness to those of his father.
He used such mannerism as " er " and " uh " to fill in a pause.
Nonspecialists may also be confused by Riegl's use of style concepts like Mannerism and Baroque and other technical terms in senses that differ somewhat from their customary present acceptations.
His mannerism is a legitimate device for diverting the spectators attention from certain incongruities. The Théâtre Francais
Where Bush is prone to short, simple declaratives and a Texan's folksy mannerisms, Kerry is a reserved New Englander known more for meandering deliberation and a self-described tendency toward ‘Senate-speak.’
Her mannerisms at some points were those of a heavy-rock headbanger. Times, Sunday Times
His gestures, his mannerisms and voice all seem too large, too forced to give him any chance of not being the standard straitjacketed worshipper of protocol.
Countless phrases and mannerisms have made their way from the show into my speech.
Out of the art of the High Renaissance there developed a style characterized by a sense of extreme elegance and grace, which became known as Mannerism.
It is like some wavering memory whose forgotten bits have been substituted with pop mannerism.
It was eerie how he had the same voice and mannerisms as Leigh.
His mannerisms bear a strong likeness to those of his father.
He seems thus to be further pressing the case for himself as experimentalist modern, while betraying some anxiety that his devices will be seen as mere mannerism.
The guy who does the voice of the French Colombo is a legend in his own right, taking what Peter Falk says and adding his own mannerisms and characteristics.
In accent and mannerism he appeared to be completely Eastern European.
Manners and mannerisms that had earlier stuck with them now undergo drastic changes.
As time went on, they became even more familiar with the mannerisms and habits of one another.
It doesn't adhere - and barely refers - to any codified technique, thus dodging the trap of arty mannerism.
He's got some very strange mannerisms.
Volunteers are assessed and given advice on speech, deportment, mannerism and dress, with the least convincing participants being voted out.
In spite of its strongly marked Michelangelesque mannerism, both as regards feeling, facial type, and design, I cannot regard the bas-relief, in its present condition at least, as a genuine work, but rather as the production of some imitator, or the rifacimento of a restorer. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
She was now familiar with his mannerisms such as the way he drawled in that deep voice, the cadence of his speech.
There's been a big change in his body mannerisms and his golf swing.
Roz has adopted one or two funny mannerisms since she's been away.
On an iffier note, Jorgensen over-exaggerates the eccentric mannerisms of Moody, who's seen curling up childishly on his office couch in a fit of nerves one minute and working the phone feverishly the next: A slight staginess clings to this neurotic figure. 'Golden Boy's' soft touch lands hard knocks
Farfrae attended, left off conscious mannerisms, left off putting him in their prayers at night amongst their blood relations; in short, reverted to their normal courses. The Mayor of Casterbridge
While he was large for a boy his age he was unable to mask his feminine voice nor his effete mannerisms and was discharged for lack of dignity.
She had little formal education but travelled widely in Europe where her somewhat dramatic taste led to an interest in Italian Mannerism, German Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, and the decadents.
Pacheco's pictures no longer follow the canons of Mannerism, but neither do they embrace the naturalism that dominated Spanish painting in the first third of the 17th century.
Alma's sketches are described as spare accurate lines, perfectly capturing personalities through mannerisms and idiosyncrasies.
It would be another excuse for Sir Marcus to announce all of his eldest daughter's perfect traits and mannerisms.
Apart from his own conscience, the writer will be curbed from falling into mannerism and affectation by the nature of his audience and, often, by the significance of what he has to say.
We looked alike and had the same mannerisms and laugh.
The fussiest in choosing a bat, it seems, are frequently those who display nervous mannerisms while they are batting. Times, Sunday Times
His mannerisms are more those of a preoccupied math professor.
The white practice of copying African American mannerisms became so widespread that actors performing in blackface eventually squeezed black theater out of existence.
As soon as he gets in the car, every mannerism is gone, he will crowd you off the road just as much as a New Yorker will or anybody else. Jottings From An Explorer's Notebook
In its writhing poses, the Massacre, in particular, stands out as testament to Bonifacio's avant-garde enthusiasm for Mannerism.
We adopt their mannerisms, and little quirks, and while doing so, we may lose our own, and lose our sense of identity.
Tobolewski might skirt dangerously close to the kind of spaced-out geometric mannerisms that, in a less sensitive artist, would betray a paperback misreading of the cosmic implications of chaos theory. This week's new exhibitions
Seryna's distaste, while initially borne from Visbec's flounce and flirtatious mannerisms, had grown with an infatuation for Naoise.
But his funny faces and odd mannerisms come across as forced and unnatural.
His mannerisms bear a strong likeness to those of his father.
The writing has an oratorical eloquence marked in places by mannerisms probably deriving from oral delivery.
Sailer's column linked to a Wikipedia entry on the word "wigger," which, at the time (as well as currently) read: "Wigger (alternatively spelled wigga or whigger or whigga) is a slang term that refers to a white person who emulates mannerisms, slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture. Wow, That's a Big Tent
He relies on voice and mannerism when impersonating Chris Eubank and Loyd Grossman, as well as old favourites Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali.
The CEOs of underperforming companies do tend to develop all kinds of foibles, tics, and unpleasant mannerisms.
The trope (or maybe it's better defined as a crutch) is that people can spend all day with the alter ego of the superhero, talking to him/her, and somehow not recognize their mannerisms and/or voice behind the mask ten minutes later when the hero comes to their rescue. Day in the Life of an Idiot
Although she objected to some ‘mannerisms’ and ‘certain wordings,’ she still declared that the writing ‘is so good that it is not necessary that it should be flawless’.
Rebet sat in another chair, his legs crossed, turning a pencil endlessly between his fingers, a mannerism which irked Lysenko. COVER STORY
Not Campbell, who employs all the quirks and mannerisms that have made him one of the most beloved cult actors of all time.
There is a realness to their characters; their language is vulgar and their mannerisms are disturbing.
Despite their quirks and mannerisms, when the kids arrive at camp, they feel accepted.
That was because his mannerisms were gentle, not brutal.
Sometimes you become very aware that you're watching an actor affecting crazy mannerisms in a crazy movie.
The veteran German actor imbues the character of Schultz with a quiet appeal and pathos that is evident in Schultz's tiny smiles and gentlemanly mannerisms.
I may have observed upon those vulgar attacks on account of the so-called mannerism, the obvious fact, that an individuality, carried into the medium, the expression, is a feature in all men of genius, as Buffon teaches ... The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
Green, at Ushaw; there was nothing of that smoothness, or mannerism, which is commonly imputed to them, and they were more natural and unaffected than many an Anglican clergyman. Apologia Pro Vita Sua
After all has been said about self-indulgent mannerisms, moral perversities, phraseological outrages, and the rest, these volumes will remain the noble monument of the industry, originality, conscientiousness, and genius of a noble character, and of an intellectual career that has exercised on many sides the profoundest sort of influence upon English feeling. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle
His dress, his mannerisms, his bearing, were all those of the man who has overstudied his part. The Call of the Cumberlands
Breast heaving, Violet gaped at her former siblings, her brows knitting and unknitting themselves as she saw the Unknown Princess as Althia, not merely similar to her in looks and mannerisms, but Althia herself, alive and loved by Briar.
When he graduates with a BA, he's already talking like a doctor, imitates doctors' mannerisms, and has developed a bedside manner - all before he even gets to medical school.
Their Long Sunday Afternoon duet epitomises what they mean to each other, while the upper crust Eddie is the perfect foil for Mickey's side-splitting mannerisms and send ups.
But we shall presently discover that, so far as pure physical type is concerned, he early began to generalise the structure of the body, passing finally into what may not unjustly be called a mannerism of form. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Meier provided her own tone and mannerism for each of these four characters.
I don't want their looks, I don't want their dramatic mannerisms or anything like that.
Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence.
The mannerisms of the male troupers were too deliberately camp to capture the nuances of the Kern stories they were supposed to be illustrating.
There was something of that attitude, I thought, behind her unfocused mannerisms: a fixity, a precise definition of her own independence. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
He has this irritating mannerism of constantly scratching his nose.
Oscott, at Old Hall Green, at Ushaw; there was nothing of that smoothness, or mannerism, which is commonly imputed to them, and they were more natural and unaffected than many an Anglican clergyman. Apologia pro Vita Sua

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