The most salient trait of this past week is that the government, despite fears of the contrary, was up and running for all of it.

It was Johns, whose salient trait was Lust.

The warriors are stereotypes defined by a few salient traits; for example, Roland is loyal and trusting while Ganelon, though brave, is traitorous and vindictive.

Other less salient shared traits are:

The morally threadbare Russian ideologues who covet power have contempt for religion and secretly appreciate the perks of capitalism (their salient traits here) see a solution to this problem.

If his claim is true, it may partly explain the salient traits he shares with his ancestor: luminous spirituality and technical mastery.

Highly cultured and refined manners, hospitality and geniality were the salient traits of his character.

ITS supporters also argue that most splatterpunk fiction does not share the salient trait of so many contemporary horror films - misogyny.

He looked over the remainder of the team with a speculative eye that summed up instantly the salient traits of each animal.

Mr. Grey, as Roxie's husband, slyly finds star presence in a character whose salient trait is the lack of it.