Body Language Cues

verb Frowning is a verb that describes the action of furrowing one's brow in a sign of disapproval or displeasure.

• She walked into the room, frowning at the disarray of papers on the desk.
• Why are you frowning? What's wrong?
• Stop frowning, it's not a big deal.
• The dark clouds overhead seemed to be frowning down on the city below.

adjective characterized by stealth; surreptitious; secretive

• The detective noticed the suspect's furtive movements as he tried to hide something in his pocket.
• I saw your furtive glances at the party last night, what were you up to?
• She gave me a furtive wink before slipping out of the room.
• The furtive whispers of the forest creatures added to the mysterious atmosphere of the night.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea

verb an action word that expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it)

article a word that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun

• She gave him evils when he arrived late to the meeting.
• She was giving him evils the whole time they were talking.
• She was totally giving him evils for no reason.
• The storm clouds gave the town evils as they approached.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• He tried to put the moves on her during the business meeting, but she was not interested.
• I saw him trying to put the moves on Sarah at the party last night.
• He was totally putting the moves on that girl at the bar.
• The company is putting the moves on potential investors to secure funding for their project.