Thesaurus / expression
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Still I cannot see that this at all explains the expression of a "cock-and-bull story."
His eyelids droop slightly, but his eyes are keen and his expression astute.
LOYALTIES (FIFTH SERIES PLAYS)JOHN GALSWORTHY
Infinite—this word is by no means the expression of a clear idea: it is merely the expression of an effort to attain one.
I bowed my head to conceal the expression which might have told his lordship that I intended to do nothing of the kind.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPYALLEN UPWARD
The form of expression was so crude that once more Barbara was startled.
THE DUST FLOWERBASIL KING
It is still, however, somewhat wanting in the expression of straightness, and therefore slightly unnatural.
MODERN PAINTERS, VOLUME IV (OF V)JOHN RUSKIN
An “active” or “passive” expression of the eyes was looked upon as especially significant.
THE MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCELEWIS MADISON TERMAN
It is an expression of the character, the nicety of taste—or lack of it—the discrimination and judgment of the individual.
HANDICRAFT FOR GIRLSIDABELLE MCGLAUFLIN
"Then I'll go on," and he glanced at Julie, who sat still, controlling her expression of face but with tumult in her heart.
THE COME BACKCAROLYN WELLS
The complete method (of which the multiple line of approach is the expression) is the antithesis of the special or patent method.
THE PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE-STUDYHAROLD E. PALMER
WORDS RELATED TO EXPRESSION
- adumbration
- attestation
- augury
- auspice
- cue
- earnest
- explanation
- expression
- forewarning
- gesture
- hint
- implication
- index
- indicia
- inkling
- intimation
- manifestation
- mark
- nod
- note
- notion
- omen
- pledge
- portent
- preamble
- prefiguration
- prognostic
- prolegomenon
- proof
- reminder
- show
- sign
- signal
- significant
- signifier
- suggestion
- symptom
- telltale
- token
- trace
- vestige
- warning
- wind
- wink
- advice
- advisement
- announcing
- articulation
- assertion
- communion
- connection
- contact
- conversation
- converse
- correspondence
- corresponding
- declaration
- delivery
- disclosing
- dissemination
- elucidation
- expression
- intelligence
- interchange
- intercourse
- link
- making known
- mention
- publication
- reading
- reception
- revelation
- talk
- talking
- telling
- transfer
- transmission
- utterance
- writing
- accent
- argot
- articulation
- brogue
- cant
- communication
- conversation
- dialect
- diction
- dictionary
- discourse
- doublespeak
- expression
- gibberish
- idiom
- interchange
- jargon
- lexicon
- lingua franca
- palaver
- parlance
- patois
- phraseology
- prose
- signal
- slang
- sound
- speech
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- utterance
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- vocalization
- voice
- word
- wording
- accent
- argot
- articulation
- brogue
- cant
- communication
- conversation
- dialect
- diction
- dictionary
- discourse
- doublespeak
- expression
- gibberish
- idiom
- interchange
- jargon
- lexicon
- lingua franca
- palaver
- parlance
- patois
- phraseology
- prose
- signal
- slang
- sound
- speech
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- utterance
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- vocalization
- voice
- word
- wording
- accent
- argot
- articulation
- brogue
- cant
- communication
- conversation
- dialect
- diction
- dictionary
- discourse
- doublespeak
- expression
- gibberish
- idiom
- interchange
- jargon
- lexicon
- lingua franca
- palaver
- parlance
- patois
- phraseology
- prose
- signal
- slang
- sound
- speech
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- utterance
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- vocalization
- voice
- word
- wording
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