descriptive
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“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
He describes each painful experiment with the descriptive flair of a sommelier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Is space-time simply a descriptive framework for relating those events?
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
I wasn't too crazy about doing it, but I couldn't think of anything else descriptive.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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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