description

Example Sentences

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“I’m sure Nithya Raman doesn’t have citywide name recognition, but that description is really great,” Mitchell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“The light-filled residence was designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living, featuring a spectacular open floor plan,” the description goes on.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

In the past, I’ve accidentally given incorrect public transit information when writing about how to get to a museum, or reported the wrong number of poles in the product description for a tent.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Color resists precise description much as language resists tidy definition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Though he must have been terrified at being ripped from all that was familiar to him, his later description made it sound almost like an adventure.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis