1.   As she daintily picked at kimchi, or pickled cabbage, with her chopsticks, her gentle demeanor seemed to mask a few wires of steel.

2.   But this time, his demeanor seemed to be borne of humility or fear of prosecution rather than from self-confidence.

3.   His sunny demeanor seems to defy his dour predictions about the economy.

4.   Their demeanor also seemed out of sync with the combative tenor of the times.