Example Sentences

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Nearly 60 works introduce audiences to her unique modernist perspective that, over the course of her career, shifted her vision from traditional realism to one that was expressively avant-garde.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

They’re led onstage and, once they all nod, an electrician blasts the space with fog, and suddenly they’re on a turntable, playing expressively from memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

As an actor, he was built for empathy, with a slender frame and melting eyes that he can light up or expressively dim to create a sense of vulnerability.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Is there one in particular that you see the fandom most expressively?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

The pig grunts expressively, and I scratch the bristly head.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George