How to Use describe in a Sentence

describe

verb
  • Can you describe the lost dog to me?
  • She used a stick to describe a circle on the ground.
  • The witness wasn't able to describe the robber.
  • He described the house in perfect detail.
  • She described watching dolphins play beside the ship.
  • Please describe what happened next.
  • The article describes how the experiment was done.
  • There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the 2022 season for the Rams.
    Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The news came in a video where cast members were asked to describe the seen in three words.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • The two women described their suffering at the time and in the years since.
    Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Police described the man as dark-skinned with a heavy build.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • This is a tragic event and words cannot describe the pain felt by this loss.
    Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, the press mostly used lovey-dovey language to describe the sojourn.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
  • It’s a term often used to describe the best shooter to ever grace the NBA.
    Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Those terms, to a large degree, describe Mark Williams.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This shape describes a vulva in which the inner and outer lips are the same size.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That would be one way to describe Mr. Irving’s past few weeks.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Aragon fumbled for the right words to describe the emotions that followed.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Green described how men came to New York from all over the country to ask for loans during the panic of 1907.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2024
  • That might be the best word to describe the current U.S. housing market.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • That's the only way to describe the looks from Sergio Hudson's show.
    ELLE, 10 Jan. 2023
  • As described in this report, the facts do not support Rollins’s claim.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 17 May 2023
  • Seth described himself and Zac as two tall guys who wanted to fit in.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The two words could also describe the reaction of their fans.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In a text message to Curt, DiCamillo sent a link to the story and described it as a birthday gift for him.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The 18-year-old was sidelined due to what the team described only as a shoulder injury.
    The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The key message here is that the decision should not depend on the words used to describe the options.
    Pascal Bornet, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Which is a good way to describe much of Mk.gee’s music and the magic of his live performance.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
  • But in the same meeting, Shedd also described TTS as a failing start-up.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Four other women filed lawsuits against one or more of the brothers this week, describing incidents in New York going back to 2010.
    Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025

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