"manner" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His accent and modest, even diffident, manner led the Negro leaders to view him as much less than he was.
- He had a pleasant, diffident manner and a sympathetic style.
- It was nothing anyone had expected, given Zhaneel's diffident manner up until this moment.
- Colleagues are often struck by the body language between the large, volcanic Clinton and Lake, whose diffident manner makes him seem smaller than he is.
- He was a short, middle-aged man with a diffident manner and an encyclopedic knowledge of Antarctica.
- She was very beautiful, with shoulder-length mahogany hair, fine bones and a diffident manner.
- Beginning in a neutral and rather diffident manner, the story builds to a climax of great power.
- Questions are answered in a diffident manner, and the answers reluctantly accepted.
- In the diffident manner was nothing of the art of the courtesan.
- He was a small man with a thoughtful expression and a diffident manner.
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