It was going to be a far less formal affair than he had been half prepared for, Hunt noted with relief.

It's a formal affair, with the restaurant's two floors sitting on the corner of the common, near the river.

"I doubt that I'll get back to that size and you just might be going to more formal affairs in the future."

I haven't been to a formal affair for some time.

But that doesn't mean meals have to be serious, formal affairs.

You have no evidence to put before the court tomorrow, so it should be a very short and formal affair.

Even at a formal affair, she could pass as a caterer.

It was not a formal affair, and the ferns were left to themselves.

Obviously, this is going to be a formal affair.

This was no formal affair, and she considered her pajamas ample.