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.
• As described, this was not the first time.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• But that didn’t describe her at all.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
• This is how Wright described it at that point.
  — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
• Syed described Eid as a chance for a fresh start.
  — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
• Klemm is described as about 5 feet tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Team-mates have described him as somewhat shy.
  — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• The brand is described as 'raw and vibrant'.
  — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• That’s a good word to describe the last few days, the last week or the last few months.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• And while no one wants to feel that way, at least there's a great word to describe it.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
• This is a tragic event and words cannot describe the pain felt by this loss.
  — Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2023
• The most common use of the word is to describe the part of a bee that sucks.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2022
• Puig described shifts in that market.
  — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Schofield described it as passion project.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
• The news came in a video where cast members were asked to describe the seen in three words.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 May 2024
• To describe it past a certain point is to risk giving too much away.
  — Jonathan Dee, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• What follows is what can only be described as a raisin war.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
• But trying to describe it shows the limits of the sayable.
  — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
• Her passing has left a painful void that words cannot begin to describe.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• In time, the word gulab began to be used to describe health elixirs.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
• The third is harder to describe and matters most.
  — Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
• Perhaps the best way to give a sense of the film is to first describe its music.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
• Kay describes the aesthetic of the record in bursts.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
• Some other term was needed to describe me.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026