emotive

Example Sentences

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The actor gives an overly emotive performance as Dwight D. Eisenhower in this clunky D-Day drama.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“The emotive nature of the category, alongside these durable levers that we bring to market, puts us in a category which is relatively much more inert to some of these macro headwinds,” Singh said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Among others, online forum Reddit updated its alien character Snoo in 2023 to be more animated and emotive.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

One network identified in the study, based in Vietnam, used AI-generated imagery and the impersonation of local media outlets to spread emotive content to more than one million followers.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Dark and emotive, they suggested a trace of ex-otic blood in his heritage—Greek, maybe, or Chippewa—and conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer