describe

Example Sentences

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After that deflating breakup, she had decided to describe herself honestly on a dating app as “wordy, nerdy and kind of sturdy,” and not a lot of people responded, but one did, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"He certainly will continue to describe to us and everyone else what it felt like to be that close to that celestial body."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

"It is not good enough to describe what happened simply as a result of the actions of society," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Folan would often describe her early years of marriage and motherhood, in an idyllic white house in a tawny Connecticut suburb, as looking blissful on the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

No one had ever used that word to describe Danny.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova