descriptive
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But maybe that was simply too normal, too accurately descriptive to be written by a gay guy.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
It merely stated that, as a descriptive matter, the court no longer applies it.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
So he wrote another draft that was 50% longer and more descriptive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
In their fiction—mostly novels for Woolf, short stories for Mansfield—they experimented by replacing linear narrative and descriptive detail with suggestion and symbolism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
I should add, my grandchildren, that not only did our drill instructor speak English in a strange way, he also used many colorful words and descriptive phrases that I won’t repeat.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
Vocabulary lists containing descriptive
Expository Writing, List 1
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Achievement First 5th Grade IA 1 Words
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STAAR English II: Composition, Revision, and Editing
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