EXPRESSION in a Sentence

Learn EXPRESSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

359 example sentences for EXPRESSION, such as:

1. Their frustration needs some form of expression.
2. Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
3. His eyes were dark and blank, his expression slack.
4. Americans see freedom of expression as their birthright.
5. I decided to go to the meeting as an expression of support.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXPRESSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
expression
 n.  the style of expressing yourself
 n.  a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  In proportion as the britchka drew nearer and nearer to the verandah, the host's eyes assumed a more and more delighted expression, and his smile a broader and broader sweep.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
2  And at such moments his eyes would grow winning, and his features assume an expression of intense satisfaction.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
3  Meanwhile the skewbald snuffed curiously at his new acquaintances as they stood planted on either side of him; while the ladies in the vehicle regarded the scene with an expression of terror.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
4  Meanwhile Sobakevitch listened with bent head; though something like a trace of expression dawned in his face as he did so.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
5  We may guess that it was a pretty apt expression, since long after the man had become lost to view Chichikov was still laughing in his britchka.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
6  Once more they assumed a careworn expression, and he even wiped his face with his handkerchief, then rolled it into a ball, and rubbed it to and fro against his upper lip.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
7  For a moment or two he gazed into Chichikov's eyes with an expression of profound satisfaction.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
8  It was as though he were uncertain what he might not encounter in their expression.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
9  Every conceivable subject was discussed, including politics and military affairs; and in this connection guests voiced jejune opinions for the expression of which they would, at any other time, have soundly spanked their offspring.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
10  He sank, to use the poet's expression, into the waters of Lethe, and his doings now lie buried in oblivion.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER X
11  Yet all the while he contrived to remain clean and neat, to preserve a cheerful expression of countenance, and even to cultivate a certain elegance of movement.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
12  And, spitting, he came near to venting some expression which would scarcely have been becoming in the presence of his wife.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
13  "Never mind, never mind; it is nothing," said Chichikov as he strove to communicate to his features as cheerful an expression as possible.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
14  And, assuming an expression of indifference, Pavel Petrovitch at once went out of the room.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  Very charming was the expression of her eyes when she peeped, as it were, from under her lids, and smiled tenderly and a little foolishly.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (149 in 10 pages)
16  The riots are the most serious expression of anti-government feeling yet.
17  Their frustration needs some form of expression.
18  Americans see freedom of expression as their birthright.
19  I decided to go to the meeting as an expression of support.
20  Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
21  An observant doctor can often detect depression from expression, posture, and movement.
22  Harvest festival was the occasion for the collective expression of a community's religious values.
23  I don't sing perfectly in tune, but I think I put more expression into my lyrics than a lot of other singers do.
24  She kept her gaze level and her expression bland, but her teeth were gritted.
25  I happen to think that the physical expression of love and affection is just about the best thing we humans do.
26  But he stares out over my shoulder at the skyline, his expression blank, seemingly disinterested in whether I choose to go with him or not.
27  Before they got out of the cab Douglass turned to him, his expression earnest at last.
28  We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal's expression.
29  Robert held her gaze for a long time, his expression grim and slightly troubled.
30  His eyes were dark and blank, his expression slack.