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Recent Examples of mannered
Donald Harris’s post, just like his daughter’s joke, was a kind of mannered performance.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
His mother was both more modern and more mannered, with a sense of social justice and a compulsion to lay out china for Christmas dinner.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
But rather than an imitation of life as it was depicted in Sirk’s films, all mannered transatlantic speech and swishing shirtwaist dresses, Moore takes the assignment dead seriously.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Yet nothing about Ghee is mannered or fussy in the way of, say, an over-emotional Tony Awards acceptance speech; on the contrary, the work is disciplined, concise and immaculately crafted.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2024
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
His mother was both more modern and more mannered, with a sense of social justice and a compulsion to lay out china for Christmas dinner.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
But rather than an imitation of life as it was depicted in Sirk’s films, all mannered transatlantic speech and swishing shirtwaist dresses, Moore takes the assignment dead seriously.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Yet nothing about Ghee is mannered or fussy in the way of, say, an over-emotional Tony Awards acceptance speech; on the contrary, the work is disciplined, concise and immaculately crafted.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannered
Adjective
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Americans are very familiar with Trump’s exaggerated self-presentation: the carnival barker who leaps to superlatives.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2025
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The strapless champagne mermaid gown was classic Old Hollywood glamour, but its exaggerated blade-like protrusion from the bust served as a reminder to the body horror.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the cool interiors of this chic Parisian address though, savouring an aged Armagnac after lunch or dinner is not a pretentious throwback, but a gastronomic pleasure.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant is slightly more elevated than your classic casual spot but is far from pretentious.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Men’s fashion week has long been considered the quieter, less showy sibling of the long-standing women’s event.—
Joy Montgomery,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement The fate of the nearby Bruin, which opened in 1937, remains unclear; it was not purchased along with its more showy sibling.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2024
Adjective
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Advanced algorithms and neural networks can analyze pixel artifacts, unnatural movements and other subtle audio-visual data inconsistencies to detect deepfakes accurately.—
Dan Yerushalmi,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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That comes from Reid, according to Kelce, and it’s led an almost unnatural level of calm across the team.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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They are meticulously notated but also call for a kind of studied looseness.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Roberts’s studied nonresponse is one of the highlights of the picture.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There's so much freedom in not being self-conscious.—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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At one point, Djordjevic traces the ridges of tree bark with the palm of his hand, self-conscious but hopeful of some sort of revelation.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Hackman’s aggravation early on that directors didn’t seek out and exploit his comic and even improv talents was handled unforgettably in his portrayal of Superman villain Lex Luthor, a flamboyant oaf of Trumpian proportions.—
Fred Schruers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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And the gig didn’t end up going so well for flamboyant young guitarist.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cyrus’s early solo-music career was marked by chaos in both persona and output (remember Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz?); her style oscillated with an ostentatious lack of taste, and her music varied wildly between genres.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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The question is whether the Oscars can simultaneously indulge in its usual ostentatious glitz.—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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