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

Referring to the video images of a masked man on her doorstep shortly before she disappeared, he said somebody somewhere would recognise the suspect based either on their behaviour or their body language.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The 52-year-old had his head in his hands when the final whistle went -- his body language as negative as the horrendous weather which had left puddles all over the pitch.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Somebody needed to fire them up because they looked flat, the body language betraying a team that was going under.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Instead, I move into my silence-is-power body language: feet apart, fists on hips, frown on face.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins