descriptor

Example Sentences

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Writer-director-producer Ryan Coogler gave his film the cheekily apt descriptor “genre-fluid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The book is not unnecessarily maudlin but rather sharply present, which is also simply an accurate descriptor for much of Smith’s life and work.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

It’s an accurate descriptor considering that Smith, herself, has gone viral for making fancy meals from scratch — even DIY-ing sunscreen — while wearing exuberant fits and a full beat.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

“Incredibly fast,” boasts the descriptor for this month’s Big Cottonwood in Salt Lake City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall