emotive

Example Sentences

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When Taylor watched the final cut, she remembered filming scenes of emotive crying.

From New York Times

In fact, research shows that “boys don’t have as much activity in the verbal and emotive regions of the brain as girls,” Gurian says.

From Washington Post

The cut was an emotive issue that, according to one think tank, would determine whether 500,000 more people fell into poverty or not.

From BBC

If misinformation can tap into that emotive pathway, you’re never going to question it because it feels good, and if it feels good, it’s adjacent to being true.

From Scientific American

The conspicuous display of religious symbols is an emotive subject in France and the court's decision may stir a nationwide debate over so-called core Republican values of secularism and identity ahead of April's presidential election.

From Reuters