expressive
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It features 26 paintings, oil sketches and drawings, these last done in Conté crayon, a medium made from powdered graphite and carbon black that allowed deeper blacks and more expressive tonal contrasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Whether he was laughing, brooding or crumpling into sobs to create one of the most well-known and widely circulated meme GIFs of all time, Van Der Beek’s expressive appeal propelled him to virtually overnight superstardom.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Both McAdams and O’Brien move beyond expectations to deliver highly expressive, almost clownish performances — in the best way.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Never the most comfortable or expressive in front of the media, she quickly became tired of questions about it as her rise to prominence began.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
There was something about the expressive ups and downs of the music—the fluid emotion that escaped with every twitch of V’s fingers—that V couldn’t pull herself away from.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
