as in eloquent
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
the teacher's expressive sigh showed that she had heard that excuse many times before
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Recent Examples of expressive
The synthesized voice was expressive and dynamic, imitating breath sounds, chuckles, interruptions, and even sometimes stumbling over words and correcting itself.
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Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2025
The exhibition showcases the works of eight Bay Area artists, whose use of color, shape and form creates a collection that is both bold and expressive.
—Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
In the United States, permission from the subject of a story is typically not required to create expressive works.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Fashionably oversized trousers don’t have to be neutral, but instead abstract-printed or in strange muted tones, and super skinny ones buck the (better) trend of the former because good taste bows to expressive statement, here.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2025
The exhibition showcases the works of eight Bay Area artists, whose use of color, shape and form creates a collection that is both bold and expressive.
—Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
In the United States, permission from the subject of a story is typically not required to create expressive works.
—Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Fashionably oversized trousers don’t have to be neutral, but instead abstract-printed or in strange muted tones, and super skinny ones buck the (better) trend of the former because good taste bows to expressive statement, here.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressive
Adjective
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King’s leadership, however, unified millions across America through peaceful protests, marches, and eloquent advocacy.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Sunday afternoon the opener was Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman as the bold-toned, rhythmically precise, eloquent soloist.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Its Monday grosses topped its Saturday receipts — unusual for any film and suggestive of the idea that the release is gaining strength.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The results were suggestive but silly—streetwear for Wallace and Gromit.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ryan Garcia sat down for a revealing interview with Ak and Barak of Ring Champs ahead of his return to boxing.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Few living filmmakers have a list of collaborators longer or stranger than Errol Morris: Donald Trump (in perhaps his single most revealing interview), Donald Rumsfeld, Steve Bannon, Stephen Hawking.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Delegating meaningful tasks and responsibilities to your team members is a leadership imperative.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The most meaningful policy divide between Lee and Taylor appears to be how strongly each would consider layoffs or demands for salary concessions from the unions, which through a political committee are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Lee.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Expressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressive. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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