Sentence examples for adjective from inspiring English sources

The word 'adjective' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a word that describes a noun or pronoun. For example: 'The happy puppy has a cheerful personality due to its friendly adjectives.'

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adjective

adjective

Incapable of independent function.

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The distinction is important because the Republicans use "Democrat" as an adjective, eg "Democrat party", in a pejorative way Dench, Dame Judi not Judy Deng Xiaoping denier one who denies, as in "Holocaust denier"; there is no such word as "denialist".

"That the sun moves round the Earth was once a delusion, and is still an illusion" (Fowler) DeMille, Cecil B (1881-1959) Hollywood producer and director; the B stood for Blount Democrat, Democratic In American politics, Democrat is a noun, Democratic an adjective: Hillary Clinton is a Democrat, and a member of the Democratic party.

To call the Telegraph's response disproportionate is to do a disservice to the adjective.

These figures are too one-sided to qualify for the adjective "divisive".

I found this refined wuxia tale of an assassin who finds a conflict between duty, family and love to be a wonderfully made film, and genuinely beautiful – though one has to be careful using that adjective which is so often a hesitant euphemism for unengaging.

It's remarkable that no one has sorted this problem out; nearly a century ago, HW Fowler was already calling it "a cause of endless confusion" bias, biased Bible cap up if referring to Old or New Testament, lc in such sentences as "the stylebook is my bible"; the adjective biblical is always lc Bible belt biblical quotations Use a modern translation, not the Authorised Version.

Given Murdoch's long antagonism towards the EU, the use of the adjective "spectacular" is warranted.

So, the total contribution of these two proposed coalmines in the Galilee basin will be 124 Mt CO2-e a year for 30 years or a whopping (I think this adjective is now allowed) 3,745 Mt Co2-e.

Departments and ministries of non-English-speaking countries are lc, eg French ministry of the interior, Iraqi foreign ministry dependant noun; dependent adjective; dependence depositary person; depository place deprecate express disapproval; depreciate reduce in value.

No adjective could be more appropriate.

There are thousands of variants, big and small a whole scene here, an adjective there.

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