Sentence examples for Describe something as from inspiring English sources

Although even an attempt to describe something as simple as the novel's setting in time and place is complicated.

When I describe something as beautiful, I do not mean merely that it pleases me: I am speaking about it, not about myself, and, if challenged, I try to find reasons for my view.

(To describe something as delicious, she might say it "suffers from phenomonitis").

In England, to describe something as Scottish is generally to suggest something positive, interesting, individualistic.

Don't ever describe something as "characterful" or "beautiful" – this doesn't mean anything to anybody but you.

International theatergoers are now so accustomed to his style that to describe something as Pinteresque is to invite groans.

These examples are the men's magazine equivalent of describing something as "the new black".

Then, at one point she describes something as "thick and rich -- like Mrs. Butterworth".

That is, instead of describing something as "good", they call it "fantastic".

He used British spelling ("favour," "colour," "grey," "modernised") and at one point described something as being "bloody hard".

Given Dutch football's obsession with creative purity, you know something special has happened when a Dutch footballer describes something as perfect.