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
He chose “friendly” and “cordial” as adjectives to describe his relationship with Trout.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
It sounds aligned with the adjectives I gave, but I’m unsure what narcotic means in this context.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Feel free to use these as interchangeable adjectives.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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