formal mode
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But for some, this is not merely the embrace of a more formal mode of worship.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2022
Censure is not a formal mode of discipline for a president, but a move Congress votes on in expressing severe disapproval of something.
From Fox News ● Jun. 2, 2020
“She’s in formal mode throughout. For me, the most amazing thing is just to witness her from that little girl at age 11 all the way to the present queen,” who is now 88.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2015
Semyon Ivanovitch was a plain man, and never used the formal mode of address to any one.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The promiser bound himself by some solemn and formal mode of adjuration, accompanied, in important cases, with certain ceremonies, which were supposed to seal and confirm the obligation assumed.
From Hannibal Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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