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 award is named after the Navajo/Oneida artist who created expressive artworks in a variety of media.
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Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Yet recent research is finding surprising neurological connections between our expressive speech and the types of communication innate to other animals, giving us new ideas about the biological and developmental origins of language.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Her eyes are an expressive window into the character’s lifetime of hurt and exclusion or defiant pride and anger, sometimes spanning that range and more within one scene or song or single line reading.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
After years of redefining our artistic approach in hip-hop, he’s taken the last couple years to focus on finding expressive ways to just connect and disconnect.
—Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
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Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Yet recent research is finding surprising neurological connections between our expressive speech and the types of communication innate to other animals, giving us new ideas about the biological and developmental origins of language.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Her eyes are an expressive window into the character’s lifetime of hurt and exclusion or defiant pride and anger, sometimes spanning that range and more within one scene or song or single line reading.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
After years of redefining our artistic approach in hip-hop, he’s taken the last couple years to focus on finding expressive ways to just connect and disconnect.
—Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
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Two months later in Disney Hall, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted the Colburn Orchestra in a fiery yet eloquent performance of Sibelius’ Second Symphony, which was written at the beginning of the 20th century, when Finland was seeking cultural independence from Russia.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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On the other hand, this was a season- and career-defining game for those involved, as evidenced by Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza’s extremely emotional and eloquent postgame interview.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Police say the man kept asking the girl suggestive questions, asked for photographs and sent some of himself.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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The last five games have been very revealing about where this team is in Year 1 under Harbaugh.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The mini-moon's composition has proved to be one of its most revealing features.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, patients, the ultimate end-users, are left craving better care, personalized attention, and meaningful outcomes.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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No doubt other good ideas exist and will be considered, but as Republicans look to leverage the reconciliation process to enact meaningful reforms in the 119th Congress, these proposals at a minimum should all be on the table. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.James Broughel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Expressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressive. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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