Example Sentences

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Banks, working with limited material, delivers a distinctive and stealthily effective performance, using Joy’s inexpressiveness as a character trait.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

His character may float at first, but his inexpressiveness and the overall bargain-basement look of the picture make “Black Adam” sink like, well, a rock.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Levant and I also discussed his work around men’s psychology, specifically a theory he developed of male emotional inexpressiveness which he coined as “normative male alexithymia.”

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2021

Over 36 years in the Senate, the measured McConnell has earned a reputation for inexpressiveness in the service of caution.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2021

Their evening had been magically beautiful, and even Addie, roused from her habitual inexpressiveness, had quivered into a momentary semblance of life.

From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Wharton, Edith