Yet strangely and unexpectedly the attempt to formalize his faith almost shook his faith out of him again.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
As matters turned out, however, the resulting constitution of 1902 was not a forward-looking document, and its chief results were to formalize changes which had already occurred in practice.
"The Fairfax County Courthouse"
Ross D. Netherton Ruby Waldeck
As we grow further and further beyond even old-world standards of polite convention, as we formalize and super-formalize our codes, and steadily eliminate every element of amusement from our amusements, Nature in strict conformity represses her joyous exuberance.
"The Story of a New York House"
Henry Cuyler Bunner