descriptive
Example Sentences
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In their fiction—mostly novels for Woolf, short stories for Mansfield—they experimented by replacing linear narrative and descriptive detail with suggestion and symbolism.
Sometimes I also look up descriptive words I haven’t heard used on the Ranch.
From Literature
By quantifying that threshold, ALFA-K turns genome doubling from a descriptive observation into a predictable evolutionary event.
From Science Daily
It’s time to look beyond the alphabet for something more descriptive.
From Barron's
She paused to think of a name that was both descriptive and had an easy-to-pronounce acronym, always a great boon to any endeavor.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
