Example sentences for: birdwhistell

How can you use “birdwhistell” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But if the Birdwhistell theory explains (even in part) George W.'s smirk, it must perforce also explain (in part) the milder version worn by George Bush Sr.

  • Chatterbox was unable to get his hands quickly on a copy of Birdwhistell's magnum opus, Kinesics and Context: Essays on Body Motion Communication , but he had no difficulty believing Birdwhistell's thesis, as summarized by Reed.

  • Ray L. Birdwhistell found smiling among middle-class folk on the street most common in Atlanta, Louisville, Memphis, and Nashville, followed by cities in the Midwest, the New England, and, last, western New York.

  • If Birdwhistell, in his travels, had been looking not for smiles but for smirks , Chatterbox strongly suspects he would have found lots of them on the smile-barren East Coast, especially in the vicinity of its prep schools and Ivy League universities . Here's a thought experiment: Summon up a mental image of Ali McGraw, the smirkiest performer in the history of the movies.

  • Chatterbox, who during his one-day immersion in the science of nonverbal communication never came across the name Birdwhistell, asked Reed for more information about Birdwhistell's work.


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