In fact, the passive has two particular advantages and these provide the reasons for its most characteristic uses.

Here can be seen the characteristic use of white space, the irregular composition, the tendency toward a kind of abstraction.

It also has a very characteristic use of semitone intervals, which recur throughout the whole work.

But in a sign of the times, the developer has abandoned his characteristic use of superlatives, at least for the moment.

Hemingway's stories also displayed his characteristic sparse use of language, attention to detail, and ear for dialogue.

Richmond's paintings are close in style to his father's work, but distinguished by the characteristic use of dark stippling in the background.

The Yoruba have a drumming tradition, with a characteristic use of the dundun hourglass tension drums.

Also evident is her characteristic use of indirect sexual allusions.

The movement is closed with highly characteristic use of the woodwind in quiet rising scales.

Graham was also famous for his characteristic use of the word "brother" in his promos, referring to either commentators or fellow wrestlers.