emotive
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In a family that is very “English,” not big on touch and emotive language, this presents potentially insurmountable awkwardness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
Those are not typical sticking points in trade negotiations, but emotive ones in Canada, particularly in the French-speaking eastern province of Quebec, which has long sought to preserve its distinct identity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Yet Dean brought a fresh, easy-wearing charm to singles such as the Hot 100 smash “Man I Need,” a Whitney Houston-caliber banger that heralded an artfully emotive record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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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