describe
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Don’t listen to the outside noise,” Higbee said when asked to describe the formula for a Super Bowl run.
From Los Angeles Times
As genre names go, “post-punk” is particularly hard to pin down, but it’s generally used to describe an array of underground rock forms that emerged in the late ’70s, mostly in the U.K.
The amended indictment, released on Saturday, only includes the phrase twice and now describes it as a “patronage system” and removed the explicit reference that these officials are literal members of the cartel.
From Salon
Among the changes to the report were substantial adjustments to how the department’s pre-deployment decisions were described.
From Los Angeles Times
As the civil war between Sudan's army and RSF rebels approaches its third year, the scale of suffering has seen it described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis by the UN and aid agencies.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
