demonstrative
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Mr. Pelley chose the former, more demonstrative course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
These videos aren’t necessarily emblematic of what I like, but their presence is demonstrative of the strangest, most rat-like part of my brain, seeking dopamine hits in the form of weird, 30-second blips.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024
The audience’s demonstrative empathy for Louis, though, is as much a credit to the writing as Goldstein’s performance.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2024
At its most demonstrative it was now about two inches long.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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