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Recent Examples of emotionality
Sensations abound, but a human audience might struggle to access the same emotionality the Ochi are supposedly able to mine from them.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Choose words carefully to promote clarity and lessen emotionality.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Choose words carefully to promote clarity and lessen emotionality.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
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That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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Creating character is not among Murphy and Robertson’s strengths, and their pivot to awkward sentimentality throws the whole negotiation into disarray.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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For a lot of Black dads, specifically those of a certain generation, life dealt them an unfairly tough hand, leaving them in a constant state of survival where feelings and sentimentality could be the difference between life and death.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Everett Collection Most stories about identical twins fall into the genres of horror or comedy, but A Stolen Life, one of the earliest twin movies, opts for sumptuous melodrama.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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But this is also Coogler’s riff on the Western, with circling buzzards and black hats; his stylish crime-flick pastiche, with sleek suits and loaded guns; and a Southern Gothic melodrama about the sins of the father and the return of prodigal sons.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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There are moments of levity scattered throughout, a necessity when dealing with subject matter as harsh and cold as inevitable mortality, but they're surgically placed to extract the most emotion out of the player.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Try to identify emotions beyond frustration, annoyance or other shades of anger.—
Caroline Fleck, Contributor,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Dependency and cathexis are also incredibly painful and difficult to extricate yourself from.—
Janey Starling,
refinery29.com,
10 Apr. 2020
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There’s a word for this loss of self in devotion: cathexis.—
Janey Starling,
refinery29.com,
10 Apr. 2020
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“Emotionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionality. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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