How to Use manner in a Sentence

manner

noun
  • He forgot his manners and reached across the table for the salt.
  • I objected to the manner in which the decision was made.
  • She has a very forceful manner of speaking.
  • Someone should teach you some manners!
  • Some people have no manners.
  • He painted this picture in his early manner.
  • But worse than the overall record has been the manner of the results.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The first pass of the stud finder was done in a slow and controlled manner.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The group sued the EPA years ago to force them to update these rules in a more timely manner.
    Lisa Song, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Good manners would require not blocking the aisle in the first place.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The Grand Rapids outbreak is believed to have been caused in this manner.
    Staff Report, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Tyre Nichols died from blunt force trauma and the manner of death was homicide.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • The courts strictly enforce this very high standard when the Trustee acts in a manner that places the Trustee in conflict with the Trust.
    Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • An autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death of the two divers.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • And, as realistic as the manner of speech is, there are some AI tells.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The bill says teens should get breaks in the same manner of other employees — which can mean no breaks.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • An autopsy report showed Nichols died from blows to the head and that the manner of death was homicide.
    CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • If they were paid in some corrupt manner, the American people have a right to know.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
  • As a discreet, easy manner to take CBD on-the-go-, edibles have become quite the trend over the past couple of years.
    Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Many of them would survive in this manner, but a third of those in hiding would share the Frank family’s fate.
    TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Such is the manner by which addiction slowly creeps in.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Sure, there’s gore and viscera, but it’s all done in a cartoonish manner.
    Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The coroner's office has yet to release the man's identity, as well as his cause and manner of death.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Their attorney, Ben Crump, said the manner of death was homicide.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Guerra was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the Kia Optima, though his manner of death is still pending.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The autopsy declared the child died from assault/blunt force trauma and ruled the manner of death as a homicide.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 9 May 2024
  • When the group calculated the couplings in both manners, the results matched.
    Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Callie and Erin's manner of death has not yet been determined.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Stopping is still performed in the usual manner, by grabbing and slowing both back wheels.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Its host, Pepe Escamilla, had a boisterous manner and a gift for getting people to open up.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'manner.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: