adjectives
Example Sentences
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Patterns of neural activity revealed that the brain could distinguish different parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Yet a few paragraphs later she describes the country with three adjectives, “big, cruel, and transcendent,” none of which is unambiguously positive, and urges readers to “make of it what we can.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
"On a good day, I might be good. I think of my writing as contemporary accessible fiction and it really isn't for me to add the qualifying adjectives."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
“We try to come up with new adjectives every time,” said Nuna, who provides the singing voice for Mira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
But the historical trend is in the opposite direction: adverbs and adjectives are more often distinguished today than they were in the past.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
