describe
Example Sentences
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The first few hundred pages were great, but at some point it became evident that the rest was going to describe in great detail the outcome named in the subtitle: the fall of New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The documents describe an elaborate hoax in which the defendants allegedly created fake companies and fraudulent email accounts and driver’s licenses to help fool lenders into loaning them huge sums of money.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Social psychologists describe this phenomenon as “post hoc” or “motivated reasoning.”
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
"Words cannot describe how we are feeling as a family right now," Collins' family said.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
I add “New York State” and “futurist sustainable living community,” because those are the words I’ve always heard the adults use to describe the Ranch.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing describe
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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