adjective
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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
"Anything in Wales can be described with the adjective 'Welsh'. Therefore I have a Welsh accent, how mad is that?"
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
A touch of the poetic, better suited to the grandeur that Dawkins seeks to invoke than a colorless adjective like massive or enormous.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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
The show itself attracts bad adjectives: “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill.”
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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