manner of walking


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Noun1.manner of walking - manner of walkingmanner of walking - manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"
posture, carriage, bearing - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
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Alexey Alexandrovitch's manner of walking, with a swing of the hips and flat feet, particularly annoyed Vronsky.
Yes, on my word, it's Bezukhov!" said Natasha, putting her head out of the carriage and staring at a tall, stout man in a coachman's long coat, who from his manner of walking and moving was evidently a gentleman in disguise, and who was passing under the arch of the Sukharev tower accompanied by a small, sallow-faced, beardless old man in a frieze coat.
A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved."
[5] When viewed at a distance, from their manner of walking and colour they resemble pigs: but when seated on their haunches, and attentively watching any object with one eye, they reassume the appearance of their congeners, cavies and rabbits.
The candle-light revealed to view a corpulent, full-lipped, bright-eyed man--with a strain of negro blood in his yellow face, and with unmistakable traces in his look and manner of walking habitually in the dirtiest professional by-ways of the law.
Five minutes passed in that furious meditation, and then, taking the long pipe out of his mouth, he burst into a hot diatribe against Falk--against his cupidity, his stupidity (a fellow that can hardly be got to say "yes" or "no" to the simplest ques tion)--against his outrageous treatment of the shipping in port (because he saw they were at his mercy)--and against his manner of walking, which to his (Hermann's) mind showed a conceit positively unbearable.
"Bharathi's manner of walking and dressing are drawn from Amma, because her role is that of a powerful woman," said Ramasamy.
Chronic ingestion of Manganese in drinking water is associated with neurological damage such as weakness, fatigue, confusion, hallucinations, odd or awkward manner of walking, muscle spasms, rigidity of the trunk, stiffness, tremors of the hands, and psychiatric abnormalities.
They also intend to use the shirt in detecing the presence of Parkinson's disease by identifying changes in the wearer's manner of walking.
A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved."
This means that the horse can do more gaits or manner of walking than the average horse which does three.
From 2011 to 2013, blacks were charged with 95 percent of cases involving ''manner of walking in roadway'' and with 94 percent of ''failure to comply.''