as in emotional
showing feeling freely
often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals
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Hellmann is effusive about Götze’s role in the club.
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Pedro Pascal reacts to Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy the Vampire Slayer throwback pic, calls her 'the best'
Gellar has remained effusive about Buffy ever since the show departed the airwaves in 2003.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Sarah Stier / Getty Images Stewart was even more effusive in stating her desire to take care of business early.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
In return, the Mets owner elicited effusive praise.
—Nick Hirshon, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
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In those final moments in the courtroom, many jurors were emotional, with some wiping tears away as the verdict was delivered.Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
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While your relationship with your daughter-in-law has changed, this logistical question offers you the opportunity to tie up some emotional loose ends and part with peace.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The blue and green bracelet, which is understood to have been made by Princess Charlotte ahead of her dad's trip, features the affectionate name William’s three children, Prince George, 11, Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, call him spelled out in black and white beads.Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Throughout her pregnancy, Andrea McCue, of Scottsdale, Arizona, noticed how affectionate Diana was.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Dani was the family wild child — free-spirited, headstrong and uninhibited, having dropped out of school to pursue a high-flying modeling career.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
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While Davy and his friends had been interested in the mental side of what being on nitrous felt like, these public shows put a spotlight on the uninhibited bodies that the chemical set loose.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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That'd be the cruise control system, which will get you home from a long day on the road with about 60% less swearing and moaning on the final freeway stretch, accompanied by a corresponding increase in demonstrative gloating if your riding buddies don't have it on their bikes too.New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
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Sometimes behind the physically demonstrative effort of performance there lies a gentle soul.Eric Fuller, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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The open seat, which outgoing DFL Rep. Jerry Newton won by about 200 votes in 2022, is one of the GOP's biggest spending targets this year.Torey Van Oot, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Shreve, the founder of Storage Express, won a seven-person Republican primary in May for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, one of three open U.S. House seats that is being vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Greg Pence.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
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The shelter team and Classic Canines have been working together to promote Big Red, hoping to place him in a warm and loving environment.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Bonus moms usually aid in encouraging a child in their interests, and maintaining a loving and supportive safe haven for a child.Wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Effusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effusive. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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