adjectives
Example Sentences
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The goal is to convince online shoppers to spend north of $100 on a scent suggested by a chatbot conversation filled with ethereal adjectives and descriptions of the English countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
“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
"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
I try my best to reply with moody adjectives instead of notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Dedd realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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