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
According to its developers, PNDbotics, the demonstration highlights a shift in humanoid robotics from basic locomotion to expressive, whole-body movement.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
Handbags are shedding their seriousness and leaning into a more expressive, playful energy.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
This year will be all about richer, more expressive colors in the kitchen.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026
For others, joy comes from movement that feels expressive, creative, or communal, like drumming to the beat of music or scaling up a wall.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 15 Jan. 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
Handbags are shedding their seriousness and leaning into a more expressive, playful energy.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
This year will be all about richer, more expressive colors in the kitchen.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026
For others, joy comes from movement that feels expressive, creative, or communal, like drumming to the beat of music or scaling up a wall.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for expressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressive
Adjective
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Meanwhile, if the prize were awarded for power per second of screentime, Gaby Hoffmann, playing a nineteen-sixties dropout in survival mode, would win; her furious silence is as eloquent as her terse determination, and her voice, quietly oracular, is one of the most memorable things in the movie.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now, Cheshire serves as an eloquent and witty guide to the ways our world was once charted, from the trench networks of World War I to the early gridiron layouts of New York City.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That sounds like something a premium TV service and its subscribers could keep a good, heavily suggestive grip on for at least 10 years.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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The agents’ demand that Good exit her vehicle is suggestive of an intent to take her into custody.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The scenes at the reunion are simply but artfully shot in black and white, including a revealing conversation the men’s wives and partners have about living with them that gently expands the perspectives brought into the film’s portrait.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes these notebooks are written like real diaries, which can be fascinating and revealing.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This approach emphasizes meaningful pieces that tell a story over instant gratification.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Despite their remarkable flexibility, today’s soft artificial muscles struggle to deliver meaningful force.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Matt Greene explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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The more money one has, the less meaning work has to that person.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Expressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressive. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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