expression of love

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressionandlove

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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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love
noun
uk
/lʌv/us
/lʌv/
the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandlovefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpression of love

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They saw children as anexpressionofloveand something the couple had created together.
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Now, although there is more to loving than giving and receiving, giving is the typical and appropriateexpressionoflove.
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I am all for the freest, frankest, fullestexpressionoflovein physical terms.
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A little moreexpressionoflovewould go a long way and the world is looking for just that.
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The ghazals can be sung both for men and women, as anexpressionoflove/beauty.
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The song is a ballad of praise of andexpressionoflovefor the lass.
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Singing is an expression of joy and, if we consider the matter, anexpressionoflove.
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A piano solo then follows, over which the saxophone swirls into a richexpressionoflove.
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But to seek to use the law to restrict the rights to privacy, rights toexpressionoflove, of people whom we regard as adults cannot be acceptable.
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The patterns used often featured heart-shaped designs, or included a sentimentalexpressionoflovespelled out in small shells.
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Whether a particularly obsessive attachment is a fixation or a defensibleexpressionofloveis at times debatable.
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Cuisines become more than a source of nutrients, they reflect human knowledge, culture, art andexpressionoflove.
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Galehaut gives depth and complexity to the work's grappling with the meaning andexpressionoflove, with its obligations and its consequences.
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Recurrent themes are theexpressionofloveand passion; the pain of being parted from loved ones; death of a wife or husband.
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