expression of feeling

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressionandfeeling

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expression
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us
/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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feeling
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandfeelingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpression of feeling

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There is a long tradition of talking about charity as a necessarily spontaneous and unregulatedexpressionoffeeling.
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It was merely anexpressionoffeelingagainst ourselves.
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The theory has primarily been applied to the development of theexpressionoffeelingand evaluation in student writing in schools, based on qualitative analysis of corpora.
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I think they are thoroughly justified in thatexpressionoffeeling.
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Such a ballot is anexpressionoffeeling; it is not, and cannot be, an expression of firm intention.
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From such a perspective, evaluation can be approached as a means of allowing users of services the space for theexpressionoffeelingand for making sense of their experience.
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It is action taken very largely as anexpressionoffeelingand not; based on the true merits of the case at issue.
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Admittedly, he said it from a sedentary position, but that should not reduce his commitment to hisexpressionoffeelingon the subject.
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The speeches in the debate were outstanding not only for theirexpressionoffeelingbut for the depth of experience behind them.
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We have honestly endeavoured to carry our business forward without arriving at any of those sharp collisions of opinion which sometimes have led to theexpressionoffeeling.
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There is a great deal in the management of business and in the creation of wealth that involves a rather robustexpressionoffeelingon the shop floor.
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More concerned with psychology than description, he labelled the work more theexpressionoffeelingthan realistic painting.
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Theexpressionoffeelingwas avoided, norms and academic rules were followed, and balance and harmony were valued.
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Observing video clips that displayed facialexpressionoffeelingdisgust activated the neural networks typical of direct experience of disgust.
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It should be anexpressionoffeeling, as if really were the feeling, full of unconscious connections, not some perception of conscious logic.
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