descriptor
Example Sentences
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That “consume” has become the go-to descriptor for how we interact with films points to a larger denigration of the medium itself.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
Thomas Jefferson, who owned a mule named “Dr. Slop,” mimicked Sterne’s style in friendly correspondence, and was among the many readers who liked to deploy the descriptor “Shandean.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Spencer Pratt is accustomed to being labeled a villain, but a more fitting descriptor might be “cockroach.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
The book is not unnecessarily maudlin but rather sharply present, which is also simply an accurate descriptor for much of Smith’s life and work.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025
Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
