Collocations for "expressed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "expressed" in context.
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express
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- express your [opinion, view, thoughts, feelings]
- [openly, freely, duly] expressed her [opinion]
- express [concern, worry] over
- [concerns, worries] have been expressed by [many, some]
- express your [gratitude, thankfulness] for
- express yourself (freely)
- [freedom, free] to express yourself
- words cannot express how [grateful, happy]
- expressed herself [eloquently, clearly]
- express a [package, delivery]
- express a quantity (as a percentage of another)
- an express [bus, train, flight] (to)
- [use, take] the express [lane, route, way]
- with (an) express service to
- express [delivery, mail, setup, installation]
- [track, receive, send] an express package
- express (written) [command, authorization, permission, consent, terms] (to)
- an express reason for [being, managing, attending]
- it was her express [purpose, intention, intent] (not) to [get, have, be]
- came with the express [purpose] of
- am taking the express to [Chicago]
- took the express from [New York]
- am on the [5:00] express
- missed the express
- trying to catch the express
- the express [rattled, sped, hurtled] through the station
- [travel, send, deliver] express
- send the [letter, package] express
'expressed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Pope
- appreciation
- certainty
- clarity
- confidence
- contempt
- contention
- contrary
- counterfeit
- diary
- disbelief
- dismay
- express
- grievance
- loathing
- poetry
- preference
- prejudice
- readiness
- regret
- reluctance
- resignation
- sadly
- sorrow
- steadfast
- sympathy
- uncertainty
- wish
- worry