Sentence examples for from the adjective from inspiring English sources

The verbs keel and kemb have developed regularly from Old English cēlan "to make cool" and kemban "to use a comb," whereas the corresponding RP verbs cool and comb come from the adjective and the noun, respectively.

True, but the problem we've been having is with the verb form: is it legitimate, with the last syllable pronounced mate, as distinct from the adjective ending mit? Or is the verb legitimatize, as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright uses it?

The new slang blend submitted by members of Professor Eble's English 314 class only a few months ago is chillax, from the adjective chill, "easygoing," and the verb relax, the combo meaning "do nothing in particular," an activity widely practiced in centers of learning throughout the nation.

Xu and Tao 许小颖, 陶建华 (2003) manually extracted emotion words from the adjective and verb categories in Modern Chinese Grammar Information Dictionary (Yu et al. 俞士汶等 2003).

The specific epithet is also derived from Ancient Greek, from the adjective phoinikes "red".

Members who are involved with many outside groups are often perceived as 'well-connected' and can be labelled 'cosmopolites' (from the adjective cosmopolitan) and may be approached as a go-between or liaison, another bridging role.

The emotion on that great occasion came not from the adjectives and the imagery of the address, but from the moment and the setting and the tears of happiness that each listener and viewer had.

The inhabitants of Carthage were known to the Romans as Poeni, a derivation from the word Phoenikes (Phoenicians), from which the adjective Punic is derived.

(Rome's wars with Carthage are known as the "Punic Wars"; the Romans called the Carthaginians Poeni [Phoenicians], from which derived the adjective "Punic").

Tough -- there it is again, the consummate Dannheisser adjective, capturing her up-from-the-streets vigor.

The director, John Schultz, gets a lot from his little star -- not, incidentally, his Lil star, since Bow Wow has decided that the next evolutionary stage in his career involves dropping the adjective from his nom de hip-hop.