express friendliness

Example Sentences

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If a gorilla approaches, crouch down, don't make eye contact and make a low sound similar to that of clearing the throat, which gorillas use to express friendliness.

From US News • Sep. 15, 2015

Prusten is the quietest of tiger calls, a puff through the nose to express friendliness and harmless intentions.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

I dare say it sounds like a very commonplace occurrence, but in reality there is something infinitely pathetic in this poor imprisoned boy’s attempt to express friendliness.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott