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Recent Examples of mannered
Throughout the season, Coop holds forth in voice-over monologues long on faux profundity, mannered phrasings, and lists.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Rattling off his biography to Jessie, who has agreed to go out with him, Killian gives a mannered, halting speech, the words vomited rather than spoken.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
At formal family dinners, Garrett was polite and well mannered.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
As a young painter from the Bronx, studying at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, his freshman roommate is a mild-mannered student named David Lynch.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Rattling off his biography to Jessie, who has agreed to go out with him, Killian gives a mannered, halting speech, the words vomited rather than spoken.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
At formal family dinners, Garrett was polite and well mannered.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
As a young painter from the Bronx, studying at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, his freshman roommate is a mild-mannered student named David Lynch.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannered
Adjective
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Skinny brows, an exaggerated cat-eye, and a rich red lip added to the maximalist Parisian glamour.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 July 2025
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Reports of Craig Robinson's retirement from comedy have been greatly exaggerated.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Sitting in a room full of pretentious ex-friends and mentally eviscerating them all is a universal human experience.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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And a slightly surreal, fantastical closing scene is puzzling and pretentious rather than provocative.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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But now’s the time to go to the prairie to see this showy plant in its full regalia.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Flowering non-stop summer-through fall in showy combinations of yellow, orange, and red, blanket flower provides a good source of nectar to native bees and butterflies, while the small seeds are eaten by finches.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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His footwork and instincts at third base are unnatural regardless of the maximum effort Chisholm Jr. has put into playing the position.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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While some can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and concerns, many are created with specific consumers and their needs in mind.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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During the studied period, businesses were putting three times more toward credit card payments than term loans, proving how credit cards have become an essential part of cash flow management for many.—
Juliana Berger,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The answer may be linked to the studied species’ promiscuous practices: in the Amboseli population, both sexes have multiple mating partners, so paternity isn’t always clear-cut.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Victor communicates Agnes’s alienation by playing her as visibly self-conscious.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
29 June 2025
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Eva agrees to dance with Frank, and Richie helps Frank feel less self-conscious about his role as stepdad.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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But the use of glittering appliqué flowers, satiny fabrics and Lurex pinstripe suiting gave the smart-casual a subtly flamboyant edge.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
6 July 2025
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Buenos Aires Reuters — Argentina’s top court effectively banned two-term former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from office and upheld a six-year jail sentence, likely drawing a curtain on one of the country’s most flamboyant and divisive political careers.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Season 1 saw them and their nearly grown children, Larry (Harry Richardson) and Gladys (Taissa Farmiga), move into an ostentatious mansion on old-money 61st St. Bertha set about scheming to rule high society the way her husband dominated business.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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The president has a history of being fascinated with ostentatious military displays, and some of his critics have brought up concerns about both the cost and optics.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
12 June 2025
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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