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 no more adjectives you can use to describe him.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 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’m tempted to say that Thursday evening was peculiar, or perhaps macabre, but the fact is, I have no bill-filling adjectives for Thursday evening.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
