Demeanour

Examples

• I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar's demeanour. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• His demeanour, his look, is not easily describedthere was something in it peculiar, and, in its way, original. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The outward appearance of these two men formed scarce a stronger contrast than their look and demeanour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mr Sampson expressed his belief that such was the demeanour of Angels. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There was nothing coquettish in her demeanour; whatever she felt for Moore she felt it seriously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I always liked very old people when they were clean and appeared respectable, and I was unusually interested by this woman's demeanour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr Sparkler's demeanour towards herself changed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He might be ever so depressed or sulky, and she did not mark his demeanour, or only treated it with a sneer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A vain concession; his demeanour quickly betrayed his secret to the quick eyes of the ex-queen. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• One gathers that Pericles was superior in his demeanour; he betrayed at times a contempt for the citizens he served. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This new phase in her demeanour smote him on his weak or poetic side. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Fagin nodded to him to take no further notice just then; and, in a few minutes, the girl subsided into her accustomed demeanour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It was remarked that Mr. Osborne was particularly quiet and gentle all day, to the surprise of those who had augured ill from his darkling demeanour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Her demeanour was that of respect, unmingled by the least shade either of fear, or of a wish to propitiate favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mr Job Potterson, a semi-seafaring man of obliging demeanour, said, 'Thank you, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Editor: Lois