"characteristic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Garbo's characteristic hunched posture of the mid-1930s was wholly obsolete.
- During these rest periods, the animal often takes on a characteristic posture and is less sensitive to external events.
- This apart, their characteristic posture was not one of confidence about the world they lived in.
- He thrust forward his head in a characteristic posture and glared at me.
- Dinosaur and bird fossils are frequently found in a characteristic posture consisting of head thrown back, tail extended, and mouth wide open.
- (His most characteristic posture finds him with arms folded like a barricade over his chest.)
- He bore himself with a stern, pompous dignity that had been his characteristic posture for many years.
- The curl snake derives its common name from the characteristic defensive posture it assumes when threatened.
- Her characteristic posture stemmed from this event: she was a tall woman who stood straight and walked as if on a tightrope.
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