How To Use Personality In A Sentence

The colour is a focal point on one wall and adds a bit of personality. Times, Sunday Times
I love London particularly for that layered feel, for its glorious haphazardness and its unique personality, which Peter Ackroyd personisifes as William Blake's Glad Day: a radiant youth with his arms outstretched against rainbow light. MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building
But true-life tales of memory loss don't offer just drama - they also shed light on the mysteries of identity and personality.
In rock'n'roll, the number one consideration is personality. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns

Yet while pilotless drones are dehumanised and impersonalised, mobile phone ring tones and screensavers are instances of the humanity and personality of the people behind technology.
The now not-so-young British artist is best known for his macabre installations, business savvy and yobbish personality. Damien Hirst's Birthday: June 7 (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
A man's personality and mental make-up do have a bearing upon his conduct.
If she was, he was glad he'd taken the tranquilizing drugs to dampen out his responses, and to give him a more ‘pleasant’ personality.
Methods This investigation was conducted among 310 medical students using 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire(16PF) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).
The family dynamic gets splintered when Glen develops a second personality - Glenda - and starts acting out, leading to spectacular patricide.
But in furnishing its imaginary, cultural platform for the revival of liberal politics in America, The West Wing has also slipped into an uncritical cult of personality — much as the adoration of Bill Clinton has in the real-life house of liberalism. The Feel Good Presidency
Though self-effacing "It isn't my personality to be particularly proud of what I do" the composer seems to recognize his legacy as arguably the only living film composer with both classical credentials and name recognition among everyday moviegoers. The Last Movie Maestro
Objective: The study attempts to find initial relationship between olfactory perception favor and individual personality, to explore a new route in research of personality at behavior level.
As she embraced him, she felt his shrunken arms and shuddered; the muscular vibrance that had always been the essence of his personality was completely absent. Empire of Dreams
Crane has also been diagnosed as suffering from exhibitionism and anti-social personality disorder.
It was an oddly sly glance, as though suddenly he were a different person -- or rather I was seeing the obverse of his personality. HIGH STAND
The family is shaping excellent personality life textbook, is to stimulate the spirit of power source, is the emotional rain nourishes the soul.
He was also something of a fiery personality, who liked to argue with referees, opponents and managers alike. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
‘The personality of the critic is much deprecated in our time,’ he wrote in the newspaper.
I'm not the rah-rah type, that's not my personality, but I'll be giving it 100% and everyone on the team knows that.
The company's leaders — and fun brand personality — help to lure in "evangelist" consumers who further spread the word about the brand, says Popchips investor Alex Panos, managing director at TSG Consumer. Popchips CEO Keith Belling is 'poptimist' on healthy snacks
Cases of moderate to severe depression are rising also because depression often co-occurs with other problems - alcohol and drug abuse; personality, eating and anxiety disorders.
He developed a split personality after the crash.
All unrealizable, save for some supreme moment, did the web of Daylight's personality creep out and around her. Chapter XV
She has a razor-sharp mind and a forceful, determined personality. Times, Sunday Times
He's of the age for it, and people with personality disorders dement too. Dr. Bane strikes again.
Mr Koizumi is the centre of a virtual personality cult in his homeland, with support ratings of almost 90 %.
He had fallen for her rebellious daring personality the moment they met.
Caffey's Alberta is less a full-fledged personality than an archetype.
Do you believe in your unique difference enough to promote yourself into a major brand personality?
an insipid personality
Which of your personality traits would you like to be rid of? 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
Reich 1974 placed the impulsive character, the neurotic character, and the psychopath between neurosis and psychosis and observed the ambivalence, hostile pregenital impulses, ego and superego deficits, immature defenses, and primitive narcissistic features of the impulsive personality. Clinical Work with Adolescents
You say cable news squanders its resources by descending to tabloid sensationalism, personality cult shows and aping talk radio with high-testosterone shout shows.
Your personality, life course and career will have no necessary relation to that of your forebear.
Mental ability tests do not measure personality, social adroitness, leadership, charisma, cool-headedness, altruism, or many other things that we value.
They were also asked to complete a personality test that assessed dominance and nurturance.
Fundamental in the personality of the hysterics is this instability, this emotionality, which is however secondary to an egotistic, easily wounded nature, craving sympathy and respect and often unable legitimately to earn them. The Nervous Housewife
It's amazing how one strong and loving personality can keep all the petty squabbles in check.
Our sexual behavior expresses not only our psychosexual makeup but also the entirety of our personality.
Greed and ambition composed his personality
The candidate was quite unexceptionable, a well-known travel writer and TV personality.
Scorpene inherited the twin problems of extreme multiple personality.
Only in such a trance is the Supreme Personality of Godhead revealed.
His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
The primary characters are Clown, whose personality is far darker than his profession and his stripper girlfriend Cherry.
The convoy itself encountered numerous difficulties; mechanical and logistical problems were compounded by stormy clashes of personality.
Wrath and I are old friends, and I've come to accept his tendency toward tmesis as an endearing personality quirk. Archive 2006-02-01
The further fact that all the great "a priori" metaphysical systems have been driven by their pure logic to discredit the "substantiality" of the soul, just as they have been driven to discredit the personality of God, ought, one would think, where "radical empiricism" is concerned, to be a still stronger piece of evidence on the soul's side. The Complex Vision
Still others have cautioned against the spate of monuments that they see as celebrating the cult of the personality.
The family is shaping excellent personality life textbook, is to stimulate the spirit of power source, is the emotional rain nourishes the soul.
We showed big character and big personality. Times, Sunday Times
The disease causes sleep disorders, mental confusion, personality changes, speech problems, seizures and coma.
It takes a very buoyant personality to cope with constant rejection.
His sometimes prickly personality could work against him.
He was one of the guys whooping and cheering Brett, which didn't say very much for his personality.
A great performance by Polanski as the boring, drab office worker who slowly goes insane, and, consequently, sheds his inhibited personality.
And he concludes, after referring to the fortuitous duty-free shopping interlude I shared with Bashar en route back to London from Damascus, by remarking: By this time, Michael, whos a very engaging personality, is a friend of the family! A Question of Honour
They felt Coolidge was too quiet, that he lacked color and personality.
He is a utility player who has quickly impressed Reds bosses with his cheery personality and trademark smile.
In a multivalent society, the multiple personality is the only one which can fulfill. THE DICE MAN
With a growing demand for luxury products to reflect pedigree and personality, authentic rarity has become a design trend. Times, Sunday Times
A good personality is better than an outstanding inteligence. A good temper is overflown with splendor just as a sunny day.
She is very smart and well-known and respected in our community - except for her tactless, uncaring personality.
The political personality approach assumes that knowledge of the relevant personality traits will enable the analyst to understand political attitudes and behavior.
Surely, the organisers who knew well in advance that there was a tie for the Miss personality and a Viewers Choice Winner should have prepared themselves better.
The candidate was quite unexceptionable, a well-known travel writer and TV personality.
So it may have been a matter of a personality clash.
Despite a somewhat unexciting personality, he became known as a sober and reliable commentator on the political scene. Times, Sunday Times
The power struggle at centres around a personality clash between him and the man who has become the most important figure behind the scenes.
She had developed an outgoing personality to mask her deep insecurities.
Whatever one's views, it's great to rediscover the ability to animate politics through a discussion of ideas rather than personality or passing tittle-tattle.
The direction of Ms. Clinton's musteline personality is determined by the direction of the current political breeze. Happy Hour Roundup
Methods: 188 individuals at high risk for schizophrenia, and 321 normal controls were assessed by Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire(SPQ).
Your grandfather was a famous radio personality in his day .
He believes that such behavior results from personality traits such as narcissism as well as a memory bias.
Most of us want to make our home a familiar place and put the stamp of our personality on its walls.
The disease causes sleep dicordersdisorders, mental confusion, personality changes, speech problems, seizures and coma.
The key to that is somebody with at least a strong, identifiable personality, coupled with street smarts and a clearly articulated vision.
In the 1960s and '70s, many psychiatrists and medical school textbooks perpetuated the myth of the' schizophrenogenic mother, 'in which a mother's personality was viewed as the source of Press Releases
Is that a portent of grandiosity, which is sometimes a characteristic of sociopathic personality? CNN Transcript May 24, 2007
Another, again a political opponent said, "De Valera is the outstanding personality in Ireland today, by far the ablest and most astute politician and in many ways a constructive force. What Next In Ireland?
This cult of personality has little or no interest in gauging principles; it is rooted in a nearly religious adherence to a personality. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
Another personality was Harry Hemsley, who had a little boy who spoke in an unintelligible gabble, but was understood perfectly well by his elder sister.
It was so exciting to put something on that felt like it had a story, and it encouraged me to explore different parts of my personality. Times, Sunday Times
Her topmost priority is to incorporate practical aspects connected with all-round personality development at the school-level, in her institution.
His was the dominant personality and influence on affairs. Times, Sunday Times
Though this combo is just as passionate as their fellow Sagittarians, the Virgo Moon affects the inner nature enough to quell some of the more rash aspects of the Sagittarius personality.
Mountstuart's flimsiness as a novelistic character is supposed to make the book more realistic by acknowledging that personality is nebulous in itself.
As soon as she winds her black belt around her waist, however, her personality undergoes a remarkable change.
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality - the outward manifestation of one's innate character and attitude toward life.
I can picture her naggy personality bringing that up in a debate. Hawaii's Senator Inouye Warns Obama Against Running
I often feel like many aspects of my personality remain child-like and unformed, while in other areas I feel a wisdom that belies my age - possible naive musings, but questions that puzzle me on occasion.
Every boy wanted to go out with Jessica, even if they claimed they didn't because she was a slut, a skank, or she had a horrible personality.
There is also the risk of liver tumors, kidney damage, strokes, heart disease, and a change in personality that can lead to violence and suicidal tendencies.
Lonely teenage misfits with unconventional looks would have their personality revealed to everyone, leading to true love.
People who score high on personality traits such as extroversion (think, outgoing) and agreeableness (cooperative) are most likely to enjoy group classes and team sports, Hagger told LiveScience. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Unfortunately they can often be abrasive and overbearing personality types.
He is an exuberant personality and a joker in the Durham ranks. Times, Sunday Times
She was famous for portraying naïvety and innocence on stage, qualities far removed from her real-life personality.
But, rest assured, we don't encourage changing your personality, beliefs or values along with your new stylin' haircut!
His abrasive personality failed to endear him to players or management in his time at the Toon. The Sun
Which I suppose could cause some people to think I am certifiable, which, honestly, I probably am, but I think the insanity gives my personality the edge it needs.
A handful of other artists staged theatrical public spectacles, performances grounded in the sociologies of place and personality.
Ridley's treatment of the role of inheritance in the determination of intelligence and, more generally, of personality, will be for many readers the touchstone by which his book is judged.
The Senator is a good, reliable man, but he lacks personality.
Individual predisposition Psychological factors Most researchers have concluded that the premorbid personality is characterised by substantial emotional instability.
In this heartfelt tribute, friends and colleagues fondly remember an outsize personality. Times, Sunday Times
That had something to do with Mehta's commanding, yet mellow, personality, but it also had a lot to do with the orchestra's professionalism.
Psychologists call this narcissism, the personality trait that was inspired by Narcissus, the Greek god who saw his reflection in a pool and fell in love with himself.
You might as well be piloting one of the modern steel boxes that had as much personality as a cornflake packet. THE LAST TEMPTATION
A personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion.
The debater is a third personality type whose approach is likely to get in the way. Managing Strategic Relationships
He will always be remembered for his outgoing and friendly personality.
Johnny had a warm and affable personality and was renowned as a hard worker.
He said he left the company because of a personality clash with the director .
Everything from Finny's appearance to his walk to his personality is natural and spontaneous.
She has an infectious humour, a hearty laugh and can fill a room with her cheerful personality.
They will take part in activities like memory games, personality development modules and even stage a Shakespeare play on the valedictory function on Saturday, the organisers said.
My guess is that Tess represents your lost animus, the feminine side of your personality. IN A STRANGE CITY
There is one major difference between a traditional touch-tone application call flow and one that is designed for speech recognition systems which make them far more user-friendly: Personality is built in.
By the early 1950s Minton, with his private income, flamboyant personality and prodigious talent, was a celebrity in the mould of today's Britart pack.
This weekly Robin installment is a follow-on to the preceding essays about the Boy Wonder as comic relief, and DC's collective effort to develop established aspects of superhero characters into meaningful personality traits. Archive 2009-07-01
Humility is no substitute for a good personality. Fran Lebowitz
In fact, this oiliness, or greasiness, as I was later to learn, was probably the most salient expression of his personality. Chapter 2
It is also often comorbid with other mental illnesses such as bipolar, major depression, anxiety, avoidant personality disorder, OCD, OCPD, to name a few.
The spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna is an eternal servant of Krishna.
In the ordinary course of everyday living we are immersed completely in the personality.
Every character was not only given a defining gesture, stance and voice but also a distinctive personality.
Freedland drew many comparisons: both Rome and the US have promoted a cult of personality of the leader, seeking to mythologise the legitimacy of empire in founding myths.
His batting probably mirrors his personality more than for most cricketers.
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Only at home did he remove the mask of the iron autocrat and become a warm personality.
Most of the westerners who met him, in Germany and America, took an instant dislike to what they saw as his arrogant and aloof personality.
His enthusiasm and commanding personality enabled him to influence greatly the work of many of his juniors, so that they came to reverence him as the founder of their careers.
The answer is a personality trait called narcissism. Times, Sunday Times
There's a streak of masochism in his personality.
For the best interests are essentially those of a full and developed personality to which caring relationships with others are integral.
What is it about the chemical reactions in our heads that give us a personality? Times, Sunday Times
Using a highly scientific personality test, the boffins behind this genius idea will match you up with one of six potential mates who will then romance you via email.
His personality is complementary to hers.
At the other end of the ‘globus intellectualis,’ nearest, not to earth and sense, but to heaven and God, is the personality of man, by which he holds communion with the unseen world. Theaetetus
We can account for optimal states for acting, interior and exterior domains of both the leaders and those we lead, lines of development and personality types that constellate our organizations, to name a few key areas. Willow Dea: 7 Habits for Effective Teaching
The spirit indemnity means produce because of violating the personality power of indemnification system.
In your descriptions of the personality of Moscow, you use the Russian word "naglost," which I believe translates as "an unseemly blend of arrogance and shamelessness. Scenes From Russian Life
These studies are not just about individual character or personality. Times, Sunday Times
One sometimes sees the difference between splitters and lumpers presented as one of taste and personality.
But Ray Cruz, a gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, was one of those rare men with a personality of hard metal—unmalleable, impenetrable, unstoppable. Dead Zero
Your confidence is through the roof but what shines brightest is your sunny personality. The Sun
Personality disorder. - Data on the incidence and prevalence of personality disorders in anorexia nervosa are inconsistent.
A member of the public famously captured the essence of his personality when he said: ‘The thing I like about you is that you have nae dignity.’
The ethical position advocated by Judge Wilhelm in “Equilibrium Between the Aesthetic and the Ethical in the Composition of Personality” (Either-Or II) is a peculiar mix of cognitivism and noncognitivism. SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard
In this paper, we hold that the fundamental feature of tragic persons is that they long for bringing free personality into being, and have a strong transcendent impulse.
But having a personality trait known as conscientiousness seems to matter, too, according to a new study. Clipmarks | Live Clips
Each teen has a stock personality: the leader, the fat guy, the brooder.
Most people are fairly adept at judging the character and personality of others, or at least at distinguishing unreasoning zealots from men of good sense.
He was also something of a fiery personality, who liked to argue with referees, opponents and managers alike. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
With the airy animation and effervescence of his personality, he seems to bob like a buoy on the ocean.
Researchers have thus far been unable to remove a certain "cattiness" gene from her personality that makes her cheerfully hostile to females. Destructoid
His ability was perhaps a result of rigid personality traits. The Times Literary Supplement
JohnDewey: I think you're possibly assuming a bunch of other things about the malcontents that aren't necessarily justified i.e. that their malcontent is a personality trait, rather than a result of situational factors. More Unhappiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
And the trauma had caused personality changes which made him irritable and difficult to live with.
In the place of different political parties what Fatton terms "accumulation alliances" have arisen, based on clientship and centered around the charismatic personality of a particular gwo neg ( "big man"), engaged in a "criminalized zero-sum game" in pursuit of power. Haiti: The Fall of the House of Aristide
The rest of the players on offense had to adjust to the change in personality under center.
Modern academics see lycanthropy as a fantasy which reveals fundamental aspects of modern personality.
an untheatrical personality
Be open-minded about new people you meet because what seems like a personality clash can become a very rewarding friendship. The Sun
His technique and his dramatic personality made him by far the greatest dancer I had seen at that time.
Like sheds, greenhouses take on the personality of their owner. Times, Sunday Times
Be elegant and with nice personality.
But that big personality and confidence are most certainly still intact. The Sun
It was allegedly cooked up by a powerful personality who had to face a disgraceful exit from one of the Tata companies, in connivance with a chief political figure of that time.
Stalin retained control through the continuous flow of information, his monopoly of secret intelligence and his immense authority - in these years his cult of the personality reached its apogee.
We all know about wishful thinking, about denial and defence mechanisms, repression, narcissism, Freudian slips and the anal personality.
Thus the Personality of Godhead becomes ever glorified.
His sparkling blue eyes and happy smile showed a genial personality.
My father is a naturally ebullient personality.
Although not as polished as the two professional actors flanking her, Jann Arden charmed the audience from the outset by letting her personality shine through her performance.
AA aims to change not only the behavior but the personality in order to reinforce sobriety.
On stage, I am a caricature of my normal personality which probably doesn't bode well.
I, Darrell Standing, was the linking personality that connected all bizarreness and grotesqueness. Chapter 6
Conservatives tend to be higher in a personality trait called orderliness and lower in openness. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
The problem with many modern buildings is that they lack personality.
She uses the oud (a Middle Eastern lute) and the tamboura (an Indian guitar) which speak to her unique personality and creativity.
You lose your individuality and personality. Times, Sunday Times
It is speculated that teachers reporting relatively high levels of stress and burnout, may employ coping strategies or have personality attributes that mediate their feelings of accomplishment.
She was a very good looking woman, with an amiable and warm personality, but I didn't know her personally.
Roses not only bring a distinctive personality and certain sophistication to the garden, but hopefully add their unmistakable scent too. Times, Sunday Times
You are ready to go after a job you know fits well with your personality. The Sun
When attempts are made to individualize the characters, their personality quirks seem half-hearted and copied from any number of other war movies.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is best in the strings; wind intonation can be iffy, but the playing has personality throughout.
Mr Murray told magistrates that Porter was suffering from an untreatable paranoid personality disorder.
Find friends who value you for your personality and not for false lashes. Times, Sunday Times
In my view, the relationship with Linda was so difficult and so peculiarly distressing upon him, that it heightened those personality weaknesses.
Her calm nature served as a natural counterbalance to his excitable personality.
The core symptom of histrionic personality disorder is attracting other's attention.
But if it is mostly governed by genes, identical twins should be more likely to share the personality trait. Times, Sunday Times
The other gems include aquamarines, beryl and moonstones, which are designed to suit one's personality.
The psychological counterpart is an acknowledgement of the many aspects of an individual personality.

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