body languages

plural of body language
as in attitudes
movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings We could tell from his body language that he was nervous.

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Noun
  • Much has been made of this phenomenon, with experts pointing to a number of potential causes, including growing economic anxiety, social media messaging and evolving cultural attitudes.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond tools, evaluate attitudes, behaviors and awareness across departments.
    Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • If the message giver is experienced as coercive, conversations get derailed, often leaving the message receiver in awkward, if not hostile, postures.
    Matthew Mayhew, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ladapo has long stoked fears about vaccines, and his stances on shots and other measures have drawn criticism from the public health community.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Commenters on the video reacted to Flay’s answers, even disagreeing with some of his stances.
    Erin Clements, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These canines are individuals, like humans, with different personalities, looks and behaviors, who deserve unique names.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Body languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20languages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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