How to Use expressive in a Sentence

expressive

adjective

• From a young age, Benson felt more creative and expressive.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022
• Francis, for his part, has taken an approach that is vividly expressive but light on specifics.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
• The film’s framing, light, shadow and color are expressive.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• The specific kind of pain that is asked of me is the sort of screaming, most expressive, outgoing, adolescent pain.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• That’s thanks in large part to the wonderful central duo, the indelibly expressive texture of their faces and timbre of their voices.
  — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022
• After the team’s loss Tuesday, Westbrook was more expressive with his frustration than usual.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• The Tigers’ tenacious two-guard has never shied away from his emotions on the court — the expressive faces and communicative gestures always a telltale sign of the ebb and flow of the game.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 6 Mar. 2022
• He’s one of our most tenderly expressive actors, a performer who can, with the merest gesture, drop a sympathetic drawbridge between his anxiety and our own.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2022
• Till half a century ago, Trayvon has inspired a new, bold, expressive, and activated representation of Black life.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 26 Feb. 2022
• But Chainz was good at combining humor with grandiose confidence, delivering his lines in a pinched yet expressive voice that made his music a source of constant jubilation.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022
• In its highest form, most wine experts will agree, Chardonnay can be complex, expressive and deeply flavorful, with the potential to age gracefully for 10 years or more.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
• Mid-tones are a great way to get in on the more expressive trend in a subtle way.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
• This is the side of you that is open to new ideas, expressive and able to see the potential in things.
  — Yec, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The three-year-old has one of the most expressive and cutest faces and has no problems telling the world whatever is on her mind.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Apr. 2022
• The pain turning into anger, and his eyes were so expressive.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
• Bel Powley, with her large expressive eyes, is aces as Miep.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• Sam Smith's loyal fan base is speaking up in defense of the singer's expressive style.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Like a screen star, Milo has an expressive face that brims with emotion.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 17 Mar. 2024
• Chandeliers are a great place to take an expressive risk, Grubb said.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• But from fluffy coats to expressive eyes, the exact features that make a dog cute to a human are as diverse as the breeds themselves.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• The characters—a pair of teen boys falling in love—were adorably expressive, all wide eyes and furtive glances captured in fine strokes.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
• That close up on Murray’s face is so expressive and perfect … holding on that just says it all.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 June 2022
• The boy creates his bright, expressive works using acrylic paint.
  — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
• But none had a stranger, more expressive decade than Brian De Palma.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
• Tenor Edgardo Rocha comes short of that drama, his voice lacking the expressive breadth of his colleagues.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
• The dog’s floppy ears and expressive eyes got her attention.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Part of the younger generation of carvers, Heather looks less than her forty-eight years, with green eyes and an expressive mouth that curves up at the edges into a kind of smirk.
  — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• The body is now wasting; the voice is losing expressive competence.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Polished tannins and full mouthfeel supply a gorgeous backdrop for flavors of black cherry, blackberry cobbler, and black olive tapenade with a soft note of cigar box that lingers on the expressive finish.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2024
• The result is long-form storytelling that is visually breathtaking, dynamically expressive, and — above all — more human.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024