affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Gates Dawes, Source: A Journal of the Great War]
I think a lot of characters start in affectation and then build from there. From Wordnik.com. [Collecting characters] Reference
And I have no idea how his literary affectation translates into “journalism” of any sort. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the pajamas off « BuzzMachine] Reference
You will perhaps laugh at me, and call it affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
This has been called affectation; but we have no doubt that. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Above all things, a speaker should guard against affectation, which is always disgustful. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant] Reference
What is called affectation in a girl prevails to quite as large an extent in the shape of endless peculiarities among boys. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
Neither must we draw out our allegory too long, lest either we make ourselves obscure, or fall into affectation, which is childish. From Wordnik.com. [Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems] Reference
I had always disliked this kind of affectation, so I turned my back. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
I remarked in all these compositions a kind of affectation that surprized me. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778] Reference
First, how sad for him that he thinks a desire for community is "affectation". From Wordnik.com. [Not standing up for the little guy] Reference
It was really only a kind of affectation of indifference. From Wordnik.com. [The Altar Steps] Reference
To Soames a kind of affectation seemed to cling about it all, a sort of picturesqueness which was out of date. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
Junius intended to ridicule such kind of affectation by persons who were, or ought to have been, grave senators. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
"I suspect," said Elinor, "that to avoid one kind of affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Sense and Sensibility] Reference
“I suspect,” said Elinor, “that to avoid one kind of affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Sense and Sensibility] Reference
"I suspect," said Elinor, "that to avoid one kind of affectation, Edward here falls into another. From Wordnik.com. [Sense and Sensibility]
But, to make the reader acquainted with this gentleman’s "affectation," let me submit the following quotations. From Wordnik.com. [Romance Readers and Romance Writers: a Satirical Novel] Reference
There is often affectation in shunning affectation. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
Savinien thought it was affectation and most laughable!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She replied with an affectation of mocking indifference. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Anderson was political Evian water, an elite affectation. From Wordnik.com. [That Man On Horseback] Reference
Mr. Davis's new acquaintances thought the manner was an affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
Indeed, the brothers profess to shun movie-industry affectation of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [Sibling Ribaldry] Reference
He enjoys these little puns, thinks of them as harmless conversational affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
This was not an affectation, however, nor was it some kind of eccentric noblesse oblige. From Wordnik.com. [The Very Model Of Lucidity] Reference
They consider the modem custom an affectation, and deem that all affectation should be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
He vilified "gooks", true enough, but he expressed neither affectation nor contempt for the USA. From Wordnik.com. [Fanfare for a Soldier] Reference
As to manner, I mean without affectation, without any form of pretence, in short, without posing. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
While thus speaking, she shook her skirt down, and without any affectation buttoned up her camisole. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It's an affectation he undoubtedly got from his mom, she who will not be named, she who abandoned us. From Wordnik.com. [The Feed] Reference
The heir of the Castagnas was dressed with an affectation of the English style, peculiar to certain Italians. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Suppress, by all means, in this partnership, gravity and affectation, yet add a sprinkling of gallantry and good-fellowship. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Madame de Bergenheim," continued the artist, with affectation, "is certainly far above the gossip of a scoundrel of this kind.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Clemence, for whom he had often sung, putting his whole soul into the performance, was vexed with this affectation of indifference. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Well, he was the real deal, but now it's almost become an affectation, that you have to be just a guy you want to go have a beer with. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln's Legacy Celebrated In Dance] Reference
And they began to laugh with affectation and talked aloud about frivolous things, as if nothing serious were occupying their thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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