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Recent Examples of nonverbal
Though the other animals talk, Dog Man is nonverbal; his barks and howls are effective, and they are provided by writer/director Peter Hastings himself.
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
Many community members speak fluently or hold jobs in the community, while others may be nonverbal or require intensive medical care.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
They are also asked to vocalize, breathing into microphones and uttering nonverbal syllables.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The rest of the film unfolds in increasingly nonverbal terms, as the chair containing Camille’s soul has no mouth with which to express its thoughts and her body with the mind of a chair has no such thoughts to express.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
Many community members speak fluently or hold jobs in the community, while others may be nonverbal or require intensive medical care.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
They are also asked to vocalize, breathing into microphones and uttering nonverbal syllables.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The rest of the film unfolds in increasingly nonverbal terms, as the chair containing Camille’s soul has no mouth with which to express its thoughts and her body with the mind of a chair has no such thoughts to express.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Nonverbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonverbal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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