8 sentences with 'expressions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word expressions and other words derived from it.
• « There are many words and expressions that we all use, almost always with propriety, but whose origin we have lost sight of. »
• « Below you will find the explanation of these and other expressions, and you will be able to get out of more than one conversation, understand the evening news, explain a thing or two to your nieces and nephews... or, at least, understand them when they explain something to you. »
• « Although not always considered part of the story of European imperialism, not least because the core of its empire was never conquered by European powers, it is still appropriate to examine the decline of the Ottoman Empire alongside more conventional expressions of European empire-building. »
• « The cases of the Congo and the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples are rightly remembered, and studied by historians, as iconic expressions of imperialist violence, but they were only two of the most extreme and shocking examples of the pervasive violence that established and sustained all the imperial conquests of the time. »
• « All these ideas have something in common. It should also be noted that there was never anything resembling a democratic or liberal society in Russia. There was no tradition of what the British called the "loyal opposition" of political parties that may disagree in some respects but are still accepted as legitimate expressions of the will and opinion of parts of the citizenry. »
• « Hawking appears totally passive and motionless, except for his facial expressions and the slight, almost imperceptible movements of his fingers, which operate the computer. »