adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Her eyes grew larger and more expressive .
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The guy on the right is younger, with a softer, more expressive face.
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Voices were more expressive than eyes.
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On the face of it, such activity would seem to be more expressive of right-wing rather than left-wing sentiments.
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It is not easy to decide why the Bach is so much more expressive .
most
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We have said that the strings are the most expressive and flexible group in the orchestra.
■ NOUN
face
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Winnicott was of slight and spare build, with an angular expressive face that was from early on deeply lined.
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The guy on the right is younger, with a softer, more expressive face .
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The hood framed her expressive face , emphasising the grimace of determination before she lowered herself into the starting blocks.
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Violette's expressive face in the mirror passed through a variety of emotions.
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For all that he was an attractive little creature with a sweetly expressive face .
order
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This brings us back to the expressive order .
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This tension explains why we are addressing the biotic and expressive orders .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Achuff's dancing is versatile and expressive .
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He had a quiet but expressive voice.
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He would use his expressive face to bring the stories to life.
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She has large, expressive eyes.
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She is a wonderful actress, with striking, expressive features.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Children with low comprehension scores but high expressive scores are seen as having possible emotional problems, or as suffering from echolalia.
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Cinema directors have long exploited the expressive possibilities of the wide-angled lens.
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Her eyes grew larger and more expressive .
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It gave workshops and seminars to help priests and lay people plan liturgies that were expressive , inclusive and theologically sound.
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There are circumstances when it pays to use an expressive language.
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They are pictorial, with good drapery and expressive features to the figures.
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Trust is the shared silence, the exchanged look, the expressive touch.
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Violette's expressive face in the mirror passed through a variety of emotions.