adjective

In so much of modern cinema, “fun” has replaced “safe,” a new adjective with a better connotation meant to save middling films from themselves.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Their long, heavy eyelids give them a look of drowsy calm; the adjective most often associated with them is “chill.”

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

“You don’t often see the adjective ‘warm’ attached to a titan of industry, but it applied to him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

"The only adjective I have to describe grief is weird - it's really complex," said Chloe, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

“Strange,” said Calixte, and she didn’t mean the adjective strange, which fell immensely short of the sight before them.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Distinct patterns of neural activity contained information about different categories of words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Patterns of neural activity revealed that the brain could distinguish different parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

They ignored the numbers and filled their dispatches with adjectives indicating a doom that, hilariously, the study didn’t support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Humbled, I move on, again resolved not to let our unhoused neighbors feel invisible, nor to forget that homelessness is, among other adjectives, abnormal.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

We are hers to define, we must suffer her adjectives.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood