adjectives
Example Sentences
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Yet a few paragraphs later she describes the country with three adjectives, “big, cruel, and transcendent,” none of which is unambiguously positive, and urges readers to “make of it what we can.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The goal is to convince online shoppers to spend north of $100 on a scent suggested by a chatbot conversation filled with ethereal adjectives and descriptions of the English countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
"Instead, that opportunity has been squandered, and we're faced with a continuation of the bad old days dressed up in a new set of adjectives."
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
I try my best to reply with moody adjectives instead of notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
People who confuse the two may think that the adjectives in these sentences “modify the verb” and hence ought to be replaced by adverbs.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
