Vocabulary Word
Word: demeanor
Definition: behavior; bearing
Definition: behavior; bearing
Sentences Containing 'demeanor'
Thus the Genoese, subtle as he was, was duped by Edmond, in whose favor his mild demeanor, his nautical skill, and his admirable dissimulation, pleaded.
Monte Cristo on the contrary, preserved a graceful suavity of demeanor, aided by a certain degree of simplicity he could assume at pleasure, and thus possessed the advantage.
The Count of Monte Cristo entered the adjoining room, which Baptistin had designated as the drawing room, and found there a young man, of graceful demeanor and elegant appearance, who had arrived in a cab about half an hour previously.
He arrived at his usual hour, with a proud look and insolent demeanor; he alighted, passed through the corridors, and entered the house without observing the hesitation of the door keepers or the coolness of his colleagues.
At the moment whend'Avrigny was returning to Valentine's room, accompanied by Villefort, an Italian priest, of serious demeanor and calm and firm tone, hired for his use the house adjoining the hotel of M. de Villefort.
The betrothed had retired, as we said, with haughty air, disdainful lip, and the demeanor of an outraged queen, followed by her companion, who was paler and more disturbed than herself.
"When dis old brack man dies," said the negro slowly, changing his whole air and demeanor, "he hisself won't go nowhere; but some bressed angel will come and fetch him."
More Vocab Words
::: jeopardize - endanger; imperil; put at risk; N. jeopardy: danger::: feature - distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent
::: callus - area of thick hard skin
::: preamble - introductory statement
::: demise - death
::: whittle - pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim
::: braggadocio - boasting
::: flippant - lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy
::: alliteration - repetition of beginning sound in poetry
::: deign - condescend; stoop
