descriptor

Example Sentences

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That “consume” has become the go-to descriptor for how we interact with films points to a larger denigration of the medium itself.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Thomas Jefferson, who owned a mule named “Dr. Slop,” mimicked Sterne’s style in friendly correspondence, and was among the many readers who liked to deploy the descriptor “Shandean.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

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

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