Example Sentences

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He was celebrated during his lifetime for introducing a new way of painting -- depicting weighty, massive figures in three-dimensional space, while imparting his characters with a human expressiveness not seen before.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Those who already work with him commercially say Pollock has an authenticity and expressiveness that is still rare in rugby.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“Getting to human-level response times and expressiveness turns out to be a big change,” Altman wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

“The Regime” isn’t as clean of a satire – an oblique way of saying that its comedic power is more reliant on Winslet’s excellent expressiveness than the setups.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

I can’t help but admire the attention to detail, the expressiveness in their eyes.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day