describe
Example Sentences
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“Having almost 100,000 fans, singing your anthem, supporting you, whistling when you’re not doing good…It’s hard to describe something so deep and so intangible.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The term “passive income” doesn’t begin to describe the stress and emotional labor of dealing with damage from short-term renters and cleaning/maintenance fees.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“I was scrappy,” Ng said, “which is definitely how I describe my personality and the way I approach most things in life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s like trying to describe a song that exists all at once, without being performed, heard or unfolding.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Of course that’s just a fancy rich-person name for something anybody else would describe with ordinary words.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing describe
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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