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Get to know Effusive better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gushing or burbling.

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Effusive | Effusively

Effusive meaning

  1. Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
  2. Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.
  3. Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.

Synonyms of Effusive

gushing burbling burbly lively emotional gushy demonstrative

Related words

Other words often associated with Effusive or its synonyms:

undemonstrative affective schmaltzy alive peppy epideictic pronoun maudlin pouring animated scintillating instructive

Using Effusive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression). | Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing. | Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.
  • Useful related words include: gushing, burbling, burbly, lively.
  • In the example corpus, effusive often appears in combinations such as: was effusive, effusive in, effusive praise.

Context around Effusive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

usual 1× offered 1× offering 1× equally 1× particularly 1× hardly 1×

Often after:

smile 2× praise 2× reception 1×

Sentence patterns with Effusive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

also was effusive in his 1× are hardly effusive about its 1× being an effusive and affectionate 1× has been effusive in his 1× is equally effusive 1× is his effusive smile evident 1× kerry was effusive during a 1× lyon was effusive on social 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

accolades were swift 1× arteta meanwhile was 1× at the same 1× brandon linder a 1× bravo also was 1× break out the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a pioneering american 1× and as teammates 1× and their families 1× corridor in mullum 1× craves these stories 1× for the job 1×

Words around Effusive

Just before it in the word index:

effusions 6 effusion 13 effurun 4 effulgent 5 effulgence 6 effsc 2

Just after it in the word index:

effusively 11 effutu 6 effy 10 efg 12 efi 17 efia 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

abakaliki 59 abbasi 59 abductors 59 absolve 59 acceptability 59 acetic 59

Corpus analysis for Effusive

  • In this selection, "effusive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, usual, offered, offering, smile, praise and reception stand out and add context to how "effusive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also was effusive in his and are hardly effusive about its. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "effusive" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with effusive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

That usual effusive smile appeared on her lips. (8 words)

Dzmitry Lipski, head of fund research at Interactive Investor, is equally effusive. (12 words)

Secretary of State John Kerry was effusive during a 2016 visit to Tirana. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Stabler has seemed impressed enough with Jamie’s work, but isn’t exactly the most effusive when it comes to praise for his coworkers, so the younger detective doesn’t get shows of faith from him too often. (38 words)

Democratic operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership amid the public health crisis. (36 words)

Break out the bubbly – Mayor Michael Lyon was effusive on social media after his ‘win’ over getting an agreement with the state government to finally do something with the disused rail corridor in Mullum. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Accolades were swift and effusive, including from President Joe Biden, who wrote, "Senator Dianne Feinstein was a pioneering American.

At the same time, has been effusive in his support of Grinch and assured the media that he has the right guy for the job.

Brandon Linder, a center for the Jaguars for eight seasons who worked with Maxen his final year in the NFL, was effusive in his statement to Outsports about his former strength coach.

Break out the bubbly – Mayor Michael Lyon was effusive on social media after his ‘win’ over getting an agreement with the state government to finally do something with the disused rail corridor in Mullum.

Introducing Gibson, Simotas, who now works in the private sector, was effusive in her praise of her former State assembly colleague, saying, “As a politician, I’ve been around her my entire life.

Stabler has seemed impressed enough with Jamie’s work, but isn’t exactly the most effusive when it comes to praise for his coworkers, so the younger detective doesn’t get shows of faith from him too often.

That usual effusive smile appeared on her lips.

The effusive reception to Prime Video's international romance "Red, White & Royal Blue" proves what Asian BL producers already knew: a global audience craves these stories.

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Arteta, meanwhile, was effusive in his praise of his side who had to dig deep to find a different way to win, having swept all before them on the domestic front in recent weeks.

It continues: “Parents, who responded to the online questionnaire, are effusive in their praise of the school and the exceptional support it provides to their children and their families.

One distinctive feature that has become his signature is his effusive smile, evident in photographs in which he appeared over the years.

Secretary of State John Kerry was effusive during a 2016 visit to Tirana.

Several Prep players offered effusive praise for what celebrating Mass does for them both as individuals and as teammates.

Bravo also was effusive in his praise for skipper Kieron Pollard, who had taken over the reins of limited over teams last year.

But there was good reason that Peace Now’s response was the quickest in coming and the most effusive.

Democratic operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership amid the public health crisis.

Dzmitry Lipski, head of fund research at Interactive Investor, is equally effusive.

In a recent interview with he was particularly effusive about the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller, which many have already praised as being more innovative than the Xbox Series X/S equivalent.

Rebelo de Sousa is known as being an effusive and affectionate president who is extremely popular in Portugal.

They say the fund provides a "platform" to reduce emissions but they are hardly effusive about its work so far.

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Common combinations with effusive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "effusive" in a sentence?
An example: "Accolades were swift and effusive, including from President Joe Biden, who wrote, "Senator Dianne Feinstein was a pioneering American." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "effusive" from authentic English texts.
What does "effusive" mean?
Effusive means: Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
What are synonyms of "effusive"?
Common synonyms of "effusive" include: gushing, burbling, burbly, lively, emotional, gushy, demonstrative.
How many example sentences with "effusive" are there?
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