How to Use explorative in a Sentence

explorative

adjective
  • It's been so fun, explorative, and emotional.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 17 June 2026
  • Tejeda said their inclusion in the study area creates concerns for explorative drilling.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And being able to do it in clothes that are so carefully thought out and made and so explorative and more conceptual is very cool.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • With two working parents, an…explorative…toddler, and a vocal hound dog, our house is nothing short of chaos on weeknights.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the culture here and where [the company] came from, is really explorative, creator led.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But an explorative mindset doesn’t have to sacrifice those qualities.
    — Bryan Green, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Your explorative energy continues to rise throughout the day.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Gillet and Kubinyi highlight that dogs, too, tend to become more playful, explorative and relaxed in the presence of their owners.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Doechii would represent a fearless, bold, and all-around unapologetic version of the explorative sixth grader.
    — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Of course, different people are more explorative or exploitative at different times.
    — Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Moon is flying into your explorative 9th house, sending a breath of fresh air your way to inspire your journey into the unknown.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • From an early age, Garriott showed an inquisitive and explorative nature.
    — Alex Moore, Robb Report, 24 July 2021
  • The emergence of the technology is compared to past technologies that were a gateway to explorative advancements.
    — Dylan Taylor, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Iyer begins his season residency by inviting two of the jazz world’s most explorative and virtuosic pianists for this exclusive evening of duets.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • Pisces is represented by the fish, and when lucky Jupiter illuminates your explorative ninth house, you’ll definitely be inspired to set sail.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Even further explorative studies have also been able to link these ideals, with great consistency, to certain relationship outcomes.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And Daniel’s just been so brilliant and trusting in this and kind of explorative that a 15 centimeter puppet can portray one of the most crucial moments of the entire show.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Looking to his contemporaries for inspiration, the record stands as a 29-track explorative trilogy.
    — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Its explorative pursuits also led India to become the first to land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole in August 2023.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Every few months since at least 2016, a new businessman would come along with ideas that felt very explorative of the Urkel character legacy and money-minded.
    — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • For Demi Lovato, the process of figuring out their gender identity has been mostly explorative but also tiring.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • Rumi used the Koran, Hadiths, and religion in an explorative way, often challenging conventional readings.
    — Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2017
  • Trending Stories Essential to the process that resulted in Virgin was Lorde’s explorative experience re-learning her body and its boundaries.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
  • Finally, the Moon moves from explorative Sagittarius into dedicated Capricorn, aiding our serious efforts to grow.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The path to discovering his purpose was filled with many explorative endeavors, including a Danish development school - which didn’t come to fruition - and a year-long enriching volunteering trip to the Philippines.
    — Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The emotional Moon initially fusses over independent Jupiter, creating explorative moods and highly social attitudes.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Howard, who recorded the album in Nashville with producer Shawn Everett, is on point in every setting, a careful, empathetic, authoritative soul singer who’s also a hot, explorative guitar player.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024

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