Example sentences for: demeanor

How can you use “demeanor” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I found her prim little Mona Lisa smirk and teasingly buttoned-up demeanor almost maddeningly sexy--more alluring by miles than the smeary-mouthed French sexpot.

  • Why doesn't some enterprising reporter go ask Bentsen what his impression of Willey's demeanor was?

  • The paper is struck by how far Gates' behavior is from "the usual cautious demeanor of business leaders visiting Washington," and finds him "roaring with indignation and disdain for those who question his business practices."

  • I suppose that Miss Lonelyhearts should count as West's masterpiece, due to the fantastic procession of importuning advice-hounds that traipses across its pages--a procession of battered wives, crippled cuckolded husbands, syphilitic children, rape victims, and deformed teen-agers whose sufferings could break your heart--except that West's demeanor makes the whole thing slightly funny, as in a sick joke.

  • Both the NYT and the WP are struck by the difference between Woodward's hysterical reaction to the original verdict and her poker-faced demeanor yesterday.


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