How to Use adjective in a Sentence

adjective

noun
  • The words blue in “the blue car,” deep in “the water is deep,” and tired in “I'm very tired” are adjectives.
  • The first three adjectives scared the hell out of Augie.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The word ‘wrong’ can be an adjective, a noun and a verb.
    New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The adjective may be of greater importance than the nouns.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
  • There may have been a few adjectives thrown in there, too.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The guy has a tendency to repeat the same adjective twice in one breath.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
  • For that reason, the whole clause works like an adjective.
    June Casagrande, Burbank Leader, 8 Aug. 2019
  • How does this justify the dire adjectives it was swathed in?
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • And one person even filled in the blank with an adjective instead of person.
    Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Those are the nice ones, the mild assertions, adjectives.
    Fox News, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Threw in a few more adjectives here and there to extend the pleasure of the experience.
    Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Those moments where, in the space of a single adjective, the lens just shifts slightly.
    Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 31 May 2018
  • Your ex is *insert adjective here* and def not worth your time.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Those are just some of the adjectives thrown around when the subject turns to McDaniels.
    Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2018
  • In fact, they could be summed up with one adjective: gelatinous.
    Author: Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Alaska Dispatch News, 21 June 2017
  • The adjective that best captures the conditions of this bargain is messy.
    The Editors, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Cordero had, for a week, struggled to find the right adjectives to convey what had happened to them.
    Claire Galofaro, Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • In the case of this party, these are all positive adjectives.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 26 July 2019
  • People go in and use just about every adjective on half of the lower level.
    Amanda Lee Myers, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2017
  • Long-term changes in the meaning of nouns, verbs and adjectives are also routine.
    The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Fat shortens the gluten strands, helping to keep your soft pretzels true to their adjective.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Every adjective evokes the destruction and tragedy of war.
    National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2016
  • The adjective has been paired with everything from egotism to irony to fascism.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Sure, the name isn't flashy with cliché adjectives and modifiers.
    Carey Polis, Bon Appetit, 19 Aug. 2017
  • There aren’t adjectives big enough to describe my love for you Dubes.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Take the ‘strong’ out of it, find another adjective, dammit.
    Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Fine isn't an adjective that has applied to either bullpen.
    David Barron, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The person is a noun, and a portion of their experience should be an adjective.
    Brianna Holt, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Dangerous is a good adjective for someone who gets paid to hit a baseball.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 May 2022
  • Instead, she was left with a long list of nouns and adjectives: Risk-taker.
    Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2018

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