Sentence examples for described the things from inspiring English sources

Sitting inside a heavily fortified military compound, President Pervez Musharraf wistfully described the things he used to do: Coffee at the Marriott.

Audit committee member Rona Fairhead, now chair of the BBC Trust, described the things she couldn't possibly be expected to have known as a non-executive director.

Mink's voice was horrid — intimate with filth — as she described the things the girl could do if Mackinnon would only give over the milk.

In the view we have taken of this case, it becomes unnecessary to decide whether the search warrant was properly executed, or whether it sufficiently described the things that were seized.

As Airi described the things she liked about her life and the things that could have been better, I felt a strange sense of relief: she had faced some of the same challenges as my mother, and she didn't have a daughter; so it wasn't having a daughter that caused the challenges.

Throughout, although the mayor's rhetoric could not exactly be described as fiery, it was pointed and sharp, especially when he described the things he will not tolerate, like gun toters, preservers of the status quo in education and those who question the economic viability or safety of the city.

I wouldn't bother describing the things we saw".

The earliest photographers could not describe the things they made.

Their titles also describe the things Marclay has done to the paintings themselves.

In this sentence, the relative clause describes "the things," and the antecedent of "that" is the plural noun "things".

In other words, it's a sleight of hand trick, used to mislead by gesturing towards things that aren't happening instead of describing the things that are.