1 It irritated her so much that during one formal call she aped Gerald's brogue to her aunt's distress.
2 Nor would they go through the formal and protracted courtships which good manners had prescribed before the war.
3 He had so many hats, wide Panamas for summer, tall beavers for formal occasions, hunting hats, slouch hats of tan and black and blue.
4 Will closed by wishing her happiness, a laconic formal statement which he qualified in no way.
5 But his formal, remote air kept her at arm's length.
6 Before the announcement of their coming marriage, the two had been unpopular enough but people could still be polite to them in a formal way.
7 But that would mean she would hardly ever see Ashley, except in a formal social way with crowds of people around.
8 Melanie took her calling with her on formal afternoons, gently forcing her into parlors in which Scarlett had not sat for more than two years.
9 But Judy, though she must have been apprised of Miss Bart's return, had not even recognized it by the formal note of condolence which her friend's bereavement demanded.
10 Perhaps the only formal whaling code authorized by legislative enactment, was that of Holland.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish. 11 But no formal salutation was exchanged.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel. 12 They were formal housewives, most of them, with a severe sense of decorum.
13 She was formal in manner, and made calls in rustling, steel-grey brocades and a tall bonnet with bristling aigrettes.
14 When it was ended, a general bustle announced that it was to be immediately succeeded by a solemn and formal assemblage of the nation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 15 A formal apology will make him see how foolish he is, and bring him down quite amiable.