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Recent Examples of mannered
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.
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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
Yet these movements were not drawn out to the point of stasis, as in mannered recent performances by Vikingur Ólafsson.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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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
Yet these movements were not drawn out to the point of stasis, as in mannered recent performances by Vikingur Ólafsson.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannered
Adjective
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The reports of the monolithic legal model’s imminent death, to channel Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Reports of Boca’s death were exaggerated, however, as their fans have breathed life into this newborn tournament here in Miami.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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And a slightly surreal, fantastical closing scene is puzzling and pretentious rather than provocative.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Folks in foodie online circles can be pretentious about American-Chinese food.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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This earth sign doesn't care for showy appearances but still wants to revel in their successes, which is why quiet luxury fits best.—
Isabella Milano,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2025
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Galium odoratum Sun Exposure: Deep shade Soil Type: Clay, loam, sand Soil pH: Acidic Toad Lily The toad lily is a showy, shade-loving perennial with small orchid-like flowers in zones 4a-9b.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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The case is one of hundreds in the Medieval Murder Maps database, which uses coroners' rolls to track real cases of unnatural death in 14th-century England—now mapped across cities like London, Oxford, and York.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
5 June 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
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While experts recommend using multiple methods to prevent drowning, pool fences have been shown to be the most studied and effective drowning prevention strategy.—
Contributing,
Oc Register,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Adorable Riley is now 13, which means Anxiety (Maya Hawke) has made her way to Headquarters, usurping Joy’s (Amy Poehler) authority and turning this precocious teen into a self-conscious stress ball desperate to be liked.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
19 June 2025
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There’s also concern that kids are becoming self-conscious earlier, pressured to present a polished image both on and offline.—
Dia Gallo,
Parents,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Nationalists pinned their hopes on a flamboyant local investor with a taste for tall buildings: Donald Trump.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Told through new interviews with all four members, the film traces the band’s meteoric rise during the first half of the ‘80s propelled by George’s flamboyant look and persona.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president’s dirigible-sized ego.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The somewhat muted display represented Lamar at his most physically ostentatious.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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