expression
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His lower lip quivers; there’s an expression on his face that my husband and I used to call “sad baby.”
From Slate • May 10, 2026
“Euphemistic speech is the highest form of thinking, human intelligence, an elegant, ‘veiled,’ neutralized, softened figurative expression of reality,” Xilola Inomovna Ismailova, an English teacher at Kokand State University, wrote last year.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
He waved modestly, wearing the expression of a shy 22-year-old not used to such sudden fame at home.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
He sounded a lot like someone whose hidden resentments had found expression in sophomoric ideologies!
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
As the afternoon flies by, Parker’s expression goes from eager, hopeful puppy to sad, dejected old dog.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing expression
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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