An actor can use non-word sounds as character mannerisms, like a character who always sniffs loudly when they get angry. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Its the comparison of the mannerism of various stars. .trying to tell his \mannerism was. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for NAACHGAANA] Reference
Sometimes I base part of characters on friends; for instance, a certain mannerism or personality trait. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Muller talks about her heroine Sharon McCone] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Jottings From An Explorer's Notebook] Reference
His mannerism is a legitimate device for diverting the spectators attention from certain incongruities. From Wordnik.com. [The Théâtre Francais] Reference
Thought waves came strongly from 24of6; the quality of the mental sounds different, but the mannerism was the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Lensman]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Apologia Pro Vita Sua] Reference
Also perhaps 'mannerism' could be said refer to modern animated films like shrek, ect. From Wordnik.com. [Realism and its Synonyms] Reference
Didn't someone dub a mannerism after Phil, too?. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Thursday] Reference
There was nothing of that smoothness or mannerism which is commonly imputed to them. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy] Reference
His clothes, his bearing, his every little mannerism, were carefully studied. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts In Russia] Reference
But when I look at "Thanksgiving," it looks just like Italian mannerism to me. From Wordnik.com. [Brilliance Or Bust] Reference
Don't be frightened by her harsh way of saying things: it is only a mannerism. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference
Rankin's mannerism is the habit of plunging his hands into his trouser pockets. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
Some complain that Rattle over - rehearses, reducing spontaneity into mannerism. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Proms 65 and 66 Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle] Reference
But Rankin has a mannerism, one which is fairly harmless, too, as a general rule. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
A player should be most careful not to indicate by some mannerism that his hand is trickless. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
Impersonation absolutely requires the finest detail of mannerism to be represented in the action. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
It is cursed with mannerism, even as the Chinese are cursed, and every honest man of mind knows it. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Corina took another look at Nevan, then sighed -- a human mannerism, but one that seemed appropriate. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Richness of vestment and mannerism of expression took the place of simplicity and straightforwardness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
He maintains that Nature should be the only teacher, and that we are to be wedded to no man's mannerism. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
It is such influence as this that rescues the thought and the hand of an artist from enervating mannerism. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
The nervous toying with ear-rings or brooches, or dress buttons, is another mannerism to be guarded against. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
He has a certain archaistic mannerism in his work recalling the Aeginetan marbles, which individuality puts a. From Wordnik.com. [Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts] Reference
With a stronger individuality than any poet of any age or country, there is not a trace of mannerism in all his poem. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
This mannerism received a blow from Weber, whom, as in the case of Handel, we have grown to consider national property. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
Gautier, to free French poetry from the fetters of metre and mannerism in which it had limped from the days of Malherbe. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
This stiff-piece of mannerism is often occurring in the country, and indeed among all persons who are not thoroughly bred. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
English; and his habit of beginning each paragraph with a very definite announcement of its subject is almost a mannerism. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
Long experience had taught him to drop instinctively into the mannerism -- even the dialect -- of those he hoped to cajole. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The splendid promise of the Renaissance had degenerated into the mannerism and extravagance of Bernini and his contemporaries. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
"I gave her the documentaries," says Parker, "and what is really to her credit and not mine is how she captured every mannerism.". From Wordnik.com. [Madonna Tangos With Evita] Reference
But he was no match for Adrien, who beneath all his listless mannerism possessed a grasp of steel and the strength of a gladiator. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Free from mannerism, he never allowed carefulness to interfere with fun, and his cartoon of Britannia discovering the source of the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
A great obstacle in the way of advancement to girls comes from the coarse mannerism of certain women who have worked in given directions. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
A lady should be straightforward in her greeting, never condescending to the coquettish mannerism of letting the eyes fall during the bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
I, the finest incarnation of the most exquisite mannerism of a bygone time, am your spiritual spouse, and you may not lightly renounce me. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
"Today art historians continue to debate the dates and definitions of mannerism," says Mr. Natali, "but no one questions Bronzino's place in history.". From Wordnik.com. [Bronzino's Time to Shine] Reference
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