find expression
idiom
of feelings, thoughts, etc.
: to be made known : to be expressed
Her competitive spirit found expression in sports.
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Death Takes Me, instead, suggests that personal grief and political anger can find expression, too, through ambiguity and irony—and even laughter.
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Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
The differences of opinion among the justices do not find expression in interpersonal friction or chilliness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
Flannery’s infirmity, unconventional looks and take-no-prisoners nonconformity find expression in these women’s daughters.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
Gone are the days when women could find expression, purpose or camaraderie at work or school, or even picnic in the park with friends or wander the zoo’s stone paths.
—Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
The hurts find expression in an often funny, emotional rant about the hypocritical views of beauty in Western culture and the claim that White Instagram phenoms appropriate Black sensuality for commercial purposes.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
And the latter cannot be allowed to find expression in the media.
—WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
Instead, her films are occasions for a community’s vision to find expression.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
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Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
The differences of opinion among the justices do not find expression in interpersonal friction or chilliness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
Flannery’s infirmity, unconventional looks and take-no-prisoners nonconformity find expression in these women’s daughters.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
Gone are the days when women could find expression, purpose or camaraderie at work or school, or even picnic in the park with friends or wander the zoo’s stone paths.
—Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
The hurts find expression in an often funny, emotional rant about the hypocritical views of beauty in Western culture and the claim that White Instagram phenoms appropriate Black sensuality for commercial purposes.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
And the latter cannot be allowed to find expression in the media.
—WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
Instead, her films are occasions for a community’s vision to find expression.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
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“Find expression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%20expression. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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