adjective

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

There are specific times when it’s a genuinely appropriate word to use, one that covers ground no other adjective can.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

By the 17th and 18th centuries, hedge had become an insulting adjective:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Writers is merely a descriptive adjective: it tells you what kind of workshop this is—one for writers.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Bold, original and necessary are three adjectives that don’t come to mind regarding “Digger,” the expensive, much-anticipated satire-drama from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

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

"On a good day, I might be good. I think of my writing as contemporary accessible fiction and it really isn't for me to add the qualifying adjectives."

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Just as our English teacher told us you can put too many adverbs and adjectives into a sentence—its called overwriting—you can put too many meanings into a statement.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg