demonstrative

Example Sentences

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The group’s atmospheric sound and heart-on-sleeve romanticism have become touchstones for a wide variety of acts, from tranquil dream-poppers to loud and demonstrative emo-punks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

These videos aren’t necessarily emblematic of what I like, but their presence is demonstrative of the strangest, most rat-like part of my brain, seeking dopamine hits in the form of weird, 30-second blips.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

He is rude, crude, socially unacceptable, inflammatory and demonstrative.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

We were never very demonstrative in our family; poor folk who toil and are full of cares are not so.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque