expression

Example Sentences

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Then, when I didn’t move, her confusion shifted into irritation, an expression I knew so well.

From Literature

I mumbled an apology and was about to keep going when I caught a glimpse of their expressions and stopped.

From Literature

"We're interested in the processes that shape their evolution over millions of years and this allows us to think about what the surface expression of an ocean world would be."

From Science Daily

The Blue Moon is so-called because having two full Moons in a single month only happens once every few years, giving rise to the expression "once in a blue Moon."

From BBC

I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal