descriptor

Example Sentences

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Mallori Johnson plays her sister Anaia: shy, retreating and “emotional,” a descriptor that lands like an insult on her psyche.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Holzhauer chose the descriptor “game show villain” when he returned for a champions’ tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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

A week after signing a $52-million option for next season, LeBron James still owns the acronym of GOAT, only the descriptor has changed slightly: Greediest Of All Time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 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