expressive
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“It was very futuristic and just visually different than anything that I’d ever done before. And it’s so rare that you get the opportunity to be so expressive and to be so big on screen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He has abandoned his forebears’ gravitas to create a dynamic, exuberantly expressive sculptural language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He immediately recognized echoes of Baroque painting in Hodges’ loose, expressive brushwork, his agile handling of shadow and light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Phew! What scorchers" is the paper's expressive take.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education, and courtesy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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