describing

Example Sentences

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I’m describing the movie, though since Baker had never earned a single Oscar nomination during his celebrated career, it could also describe his own journey to the Oscar record books.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: It might be useful to start by locating us in this moment and by describing what has changed for American judges in the last couple of years.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

GameStop fell 2% after eBay rejected the smaller retailer’s $56 billion takeover bid, describing the proposal as “neither credible nor attractive.”

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Actress Miriam Margolyes led tributes to Pennington, describing him as a "very fine actor, brilliant, wise, clear."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Practice describing different timbres of music—play different types of music on Pandora, for example, and try to describe the timbres you hear, including the vocal timbre of the singer or instrumental timbres.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin