Seldom has physical courage spoken with a quieter voice or assumed a more modest manner.

Assuming a casual manner they set off side by side along the firm damp sand at the edge of the water.

Then I assumed a rather portentous manner to prepare him.

"I'm sure you do," Wiz said, assuming a manner he had seen so many times when consultants made a pitch.

Then, assuming a presidential manner, he answered himself: "I started it."

He'd assumed a more formal manner of address to her, and she echoed it.

I tried my best to assume an airy manner.

"Of course not," she said, assuming a lively manner.

Simply assume a bored manner, and the world will scurry about attempting to engage your interest.

I would not imply that Roosevelt assumed an autocratic manner in this warfare.