descriptor

Example Sentences

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“There are the types of films that can get lost because they’re not about a celebrity, and they don’t have these marquee descriptors. Sundance does such an amazing job of discovering these diamonds.”

From Los Angeles Times

Spencer Pratt is accustomed to being labeled a villain, but a more fitting descriptor might be “cockroach.”

From Los Angeles Times

For 109 years, residents have used directional descriptors — City Hall is on the east side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and 7th avenues — instead of building numbers.

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The descriptor works for the artist’s latest album, “After Hours,” a collection of originals and standards that sees the 62-year-old Marx channel his inner, swinging Frank Sinatra.

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But the common descriptors “scorched,” “blackened” and “destroyed” did not apply.

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