descriptive
Example Sentences
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When Bum-seok frantically demands a descriptive clarification from a hunkered, terrified colleague who’s seen the thing, the man barks back, “Who cares? That’s not the point!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Using the descriptive phrasing that was common then among older people, she said, “That is the prettiest little girl I have ever seen.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
That predictive grasp is the heart of what Mr. Woolfson describes as artificial biological intelligence, the threshold at which biology would turn from a descriptive science into a predictive, engineering one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It merely stated that, as a descriptive matter, the court no longer applies it.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
The magazine was printed somewhere in Maine and full of stenciled poems and descriptive paragraphs separated from each other by asterisks.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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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