adjective
Example Sentences
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"Anything in Wales can be described with the adjective 'Welsh'. Therefore I have a Welsh accent, how mad is that?"
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
“Surreal” has become a kind of all-purpose adjective, one used to describe everything from an alien abduction to a meal at Arby’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“I could think of any adjective to fill the blank. And it would probably work. You find different ways to protect yourself, whether that’s self-preservation or it’s just growing up.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025
But you walk out underwhelmed, which is not an adjective that generally applies to anything Bruce Springsteen does.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025
If one is a verb or an adjective, so is the other: His attentions both pleased and flattered them.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.