Sentence examples for related adjective from inspiring English sources

A judge noted for his pungently precise prose doesn't modify a noun with a closely related adjective without thinking it through.

For example if you learn a noun like fur, you can also learn the related adjective furry.

"The noun 'crab' refers variously to a crustacean and a type of apple, while the related adjective 'crabbed' can refer to handwriting that is 'difficult to read,' " he wrote, quoting a dictionary.

They were asked to write beside each noun and first name (randomly mixed with each other but presented in separate lists) a strongly related adjective (the first that came to mind) for common nouns, or a strongly related last name for proper names.

Near is called a "flat adverb," with the ly clipped off and morphing into the same form as its related adjective.

It contains the earliest known usage of the Greek word "demagogy," and a related adjective, in a scene in which the Sausage-seller, plucked from the gutter, is being groomed to take power.

For example, the word "fever" is linked to its related adjectives "feverish" and "feverous".

It is also related to the adjective aṣḥar, meaning desertlike and carrying a strong connotation of the reddish colour of the vegetationless plains.

The word narrative derives from the Latin verb narrare, to recount, and is related to the adjective gnarus, meaning knowing or skilled.

Just a few English and Scandinavian doublets coexist in current speech: no and nay, yea and ay, from and fro, rear (i.e., "to bring up") and raise, shirt and skirt (both related to the adjective short), less and loose.

Like Schumer, she started out thoughtfully – "the explicit use of a weight-related adjective to describe a female... is really troubling.