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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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These are exaggerated, and factually possible, scenarios.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher, among other guests, delivered gothic inspiration with their outfits, embracing current red carpet trends such as sheer dressing and exaggerated silhouettes.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This upsets Slowik, who then forces the pretentious foodie to cook an impromptu dish in front of everyone.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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You might get confused, bored, or angry sometimes, or wonder if the exercise was unnecessarily silly or pretentious.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The film will also likely need Baker to surpass some showy directorial achievements for Neon to claim its second-ever best picture winner.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2025
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And yet all of the actors must plow through dialogue that is bracingly unnatural.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The research results align well with the studied effects of earlier impacts in Earth’s history, said Nadja Drabon, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Each one responds to the unique personality and style of its residents while also harnessing Houston’s studied eye.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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People with either condition may feel self-conscious about itching or visible signs of lice or dandruff.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The boy’s uncles—a visual artist and an aspiring intellectual—add his own flair, while Hinterland, his flamboyant great-grandmother, played by the now 92-year-old Liliane Rovère, regales memories of her home in Odessa, Prokofiev and a life less ordinary.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer, when curating her vintage realm, realized that the term has two sides: while some think of exuberant, flamboyant pieces gathered in one disorderly shop, others imagine vintage as high-end, inaccessible to the average customer.—
Grace Butler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the conservative girl makeup look is deliberately ostentatious and badly done.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Many rally attendees wore their support in markers ranging from the subtle to ostentatious.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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