"manner" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The half-dozen or so students I spoke to afterward were delighted with his combative manner and concluded that he had taken them seriously enough to find their claims worth contradicting.
- "I mean, come on, grow up, guys; some people in this town are just too delicate," continued Mr. Bennett, who knows something about the political price of operating with a blunt, combative manner.
- But to detractors, Judge Sotomayor's sharp-tongued and occasionally combative manner some lawyers have described her as "difficult" and "nasty" raises questions about her judicial temperament and willingness to listen.
- While in custody last night, Mr. Capers began "acting irrationally and in a combative manner," a police spokesman said.
- Worse still, Layton's air of apparent hostility extended to the lawyers arguing before him, whom he would repeatedly challenge in a combative manner.
- Although she has a frank-talking, even combative manner, Ms. Winfrey does not seem to be looking for trouble.
- Ms. Siegel has a rich sensual voice and a tough, almost combative manner of phrasing that eases when she opens up and lets go emotionally.
- "I believe I was invited to a meeting," Saladin answered in his least combative manner, and Pamela freaked.
- The old combative manner hasn't entirely disappeared, but it's hollow, eroded from within by irony and regret.
- He is also known for his occasionally combative manner and his extravagant tastes, a combination that could now prove to be his undoing.
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