adjectives
Example Sentences
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Yet a few paragraphs later she describes the country with three adjectives, “big, cruel, and transcendent,” none of which is unambiguously positive, and urges readers to “make of it what we can.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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
"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
It sounds aligned with the adjectives I gave, but I’m unsure what narcotic means in this context.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Plug in your adjectives and get your thief.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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