adjective
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Kafka was not just a writer, he was an adjective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
After an episode filled with warnings about addiction, government deception, processed food and discredited fats, the meal itself receives one adjective and one bite.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
If neither goes with an adjective, then so does nor: Peas are neither tasty nor appetizing.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
“There’s not enough adjectives, superlatives—whatever you want to say,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“We try to come up with new adjectives every time,” said Nuna, who provides the singing voice for Mira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
"Instead, that opportunity has been squandered, and we're faced with a continuation of the bad old days dressed up in a new set of adjectives."
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
We are hers to define, we must suffer her adjectives.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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