adjectives
Example Sentences
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"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
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
I try my best to reply with moody adjectives instead of notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
But otherwise the subjunctive is found only in subordinate clauses, generally with mandative verbs and adjectives, which indicate that something is demanded or required: I insist that she be kept in the loop.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
