Sentence examples for adjective applies from inspiring English sources

It is rice, but no adjective applies.

As for bloodthirsty, that adjective applies only to vampire bats, which are found in South America and nip farm animals more often than people.

Obviously "word of the year" doesn't mean that this adjective applies to our whole society, but it does provide a pretty telling benchmark for where we are at as a society.

Wilmers sees nothing unusual in this: "Infantile is always the adjective applied to the left by its critics; it's used of him and it's used by people writing to the paper to cancel their subscriptions".

That much was clear from the Friday afternoon press conference, an extraordinarily self-assured performance by a 47-year-old first-term Senator, to which only one adjective applied: presidential.

But if there are spots where you feel that none of these adjectives applies, I hope you'll point them out... We'd appreciate your making it clear at the outset that this story takes place in Ireland, and it occurs to us that a good place to plant the locale is in the third paragraph.

"My job is to project an aura of calm, solvency, and permanence in an industry where none of those adjectives applies.

Not a single one of these adjectives applies to Chris Christie.

The same adjectives apply, but the city is even bigger: The population has grown to a record 8.3 million.

"Intimidating" was one of the favorite adjectives applied to her in recollections following her death on Monday.

"All the adjectives Burke applies to the 'great' -- vast, rugged, negligent, dark, gloomy, solid, massive -- suit its first three movements to perfection, even as the adjectives applied to 'beauty' -- small, smooth, polished, light, delicate -- seem altogether alien to it".