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emotive

[ih-moh-tiv] / ɪˈmoʊ tɪv /


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While travelling with Wagoner on a tour bus in 1969, Parton wrote Coat of Many Colors, a beautifully emotive tale of how she grew up poor, but rich with love.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

In the plasters, his details are sharper, his jagged surfaces dangerous, his faces more emotive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The revelation for Paris was to turn “Satyagraha” into both a dark political exercise as well as an emotive dance-opera.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

“The emotive nature of the category, alongside these durable levers that we bring to market, puts us in a category which is relatively much more inert to some of these macro headwinds,” Singh said.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

Dark and emotive, they suggested a trace of ex-otic blood in his heritage—Greek, maybe, or Chippewa—and conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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