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
Its vibrant palette feels right at home with summer's embrace of bright, expressive nails.
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Amanda Le,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Fiery Mars shifts into your 11th House of Friends, quickening chats and group planning while your expressive nature rallies people around playful, creative goals.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Participants will learn how to use pastel tints and expressive doodles to design ocean waves, seashells, coral, seaweed, and coastal plants.
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Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
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Amanda Le,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Fiery Mars shifts into your 11th House of Friends, quickening chats and group planning while your expressive nature rallies people around playful, creative goals.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Participants will learn how to use pastel tints and expressive doodles to design ocean waves, seashells, coral, seaweed, and coastal plants.
—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for expressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressive
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Just as hedgehogs deplore foxes for a lack of theoretical ambition, foxes spend their time screaming at hedgehogs for missing this or that eloquent detail.
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His head is freshly shaved and that same cheeky, yet surprisingly eloquent Egg-ness immediately comes through over our half-hour interview.
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Since the sandworm, several other buckets have gone viral, many for suggestive designs.
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Presley electrified audiences with his suggestive hip-swiveling, long sideburns, and leather jackets.
Adjective
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The most revealing moment of Mauricio Pochettino’s World Cup campaign may not have come during the group stage.
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Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds have long been tight with Swift, with the singer even name-dropping (and name-revealing, once) the couple’s children in her work.
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Having a few good friends can be more meaningful than having tons.
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What remains is either genuinely meaningful work or the awareness that nothing meaningful was ever there.
Adjective
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Yiaga’s degustation menu is distinctly Australian—meaning, inventive and collaborative.
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To see you as a newborn child and then to look at you and to know that every step along the way, to witness that journey, is the most meaning aspect of my life.
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“Expressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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