It seemed as if, without ever looking at them, she was telling them emphatically, "No!" Then, however, she held that open-armed pose extraordinarily still, until it became expressive of something that went far beyond mere contradiction: a drastic solipsism whereby she built up the forces for the solo that was to follow.
When the listener focusses intently, wisps of sound can become expressive characters, silhouetted against an empty expanse.
Markets have become expressive, emotive.
It helps them to become expressive.
The weather protection and the PA systems became expressive elements of the architecture".
Around 1953, out of the rich mix of constructivism, primitivism and direct experiences of war, emerged ground-breaking works of art in which thickly applied, irregular areas of paint became expressive vehicles in themselves.
"The owner polished the counter, became expressive.
Meanwhile, the space around and between them becomes expressive.
As the picture progresses, you worry less and less about keeping track of the story line (an impossible task anyway) because its incoherence, intended or otherwise, becomes so expressive of Sweetback's predicament and induces identification with him.
"If you can control those slides, you can get all kinds of vivid portamenti," he said referring to the left-hand shifts that, when audible, can become an expressive part of a melody.
