As expressive as the face. [ N. P. Willis ]

Come then, expressive Silence. [ Thomson ]

Ennui is an expressive word invented in France. [ Bancroft ]

Genius is always more suggestive than expressive. [ Abel Stevens ]

Nothing at times is more expressive than silence. [ George Eliot ]

The expressive word quiet defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street. [ N. P. Willis ]

An observant man, in all his intercourse with society and the world, carries a pencil constantly in his hand, and, unperceived, marks on every person and thing the figure expressive of its value, and therefore instantly on meeting that person or thing again, knows what kind and degree of attention to give it. This is to make something of experience. [ John Foster ]