body language
Example Sentences
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He captured Joe Jackson in every sense, he says, from “the look and his body language and even the way he spoke.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
The body language at the end was instructive; Celtic sprightly, Rangers stunned.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
As soon as they heard those words from the manager, I watched their body language immediately shift from excitement to visible tension.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
She punched the air at the conclusion, and even as she missed out on a medal she had the body language of someone pleased to have brought her best to the Olympic stage.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
The registrar looks from me to Sunny, studying my sister's stubborn body language for a long minute.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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