It was not, Volyova thought, the woman's most endearing habit, but she endured it expressionlessly.

Salam also had one endearing but disconcerting habit.

Word is Billybob picked up that endearing habit in Colombia, where he was working as a drug run- ner.

In myself, this is a deeply endearing habit, one both indicative and formative of my natural charm.

Headwaiters keep alive the endearing habit of telling hungry guests surveying an empty restaurant that all tables are taken.

But you have a most endearing habit of making me laugh at you.

She had the most endearing habit of canting her head to one side.

Fifteen-year-old Karen, sweet and unsophisticated, who hadn't inherited any of her mother's less endearing habits, thank God.

Shay Tal had observed before his endearing habit of speaking as if he were present during the events he described.

This was one of her more endearing or irritating habits, all depending on how one felt at the moment.