Your tales are always very descriptive. From LearnThat.org.
descriptive linguistics simply describes language. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The descriptive variable. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'Retrograde' is the term descriptive of the motion of the planets from east to west. From Wordnik.com. [Marmion] Reference
One is called "bird-nesting," the title descriptive of the favorite diversion thus depicted. From Wordnik.com. [Library Work with Children] Reference
Sabitum appears originally to have been a term descriptive of her, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Fascination is always the word descriptive of him. From Wordnik.com. [The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry] Reference
But, Blood Meridian is a study in descriptive prose. From Wordnik.com. [First Look: Viggo Mortensen in Cormac McCarthy's The Road « FirstShowing.net] Reference
(I am employing her own term descriptive of the transaction.). From Wordnik.com. [The Clarion] Reference
"Hollow Lacedaemon" was a phrase descriptive of its situation. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
The descriptive is typical -- sometimes maddeningly so, of these novels. From Wordnik.com. [Realism in Fiction] Reference
If it bears a name descriptive of its kind or flavor (s), it must correspond thereto (i.e., chicken digest). From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
Likewise the metaphors used in descriptive passages; and the extra-story allusions; and the very vocabulary. From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: Structure: against Euclid] Reference
"reddish-brown," a term descriptive of the covering of topsoil found wherever "ground" covers the rock layers. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Remember: It's not a "transform into" contest, it's a "what job/activity is your name descriptive of" contest!. From Wordnik.com. [Worth1000.com photoshop contest listings] Reference
This descriptive is used by journalists to avoid making any assumptions that the person is guilty of ANY action. From Wordnik.com. [Cannes Film Festival Report and Reviews - Part Deux « FirstShowing.net] Reference
"Mirror," and even the "Connoisseur," if examined accurately, present nothing in the titles descriptive of the works. From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
Unlike the apes he was not satisfied merely to have a mental picture of the things he knew, he must have a word descriptive of each. From Wordnik.com. [Jungle Tales of Tarzan] Reference
So begin by writing a term descriptive of a gentleman. ". From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
If so, what’s wrong with a certain descriptive acuity?. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler attacks Flaubert in Dictionary] Reference
It’s the perfect panacea for a writer who rails again descriptive narrative. From Wordnik.com. [Time Out « Write Anything] Reference
There the scriptural phrase descriptive of the wealthy found exact illustration. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission--Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston] Reference
It's primarily used as a rhetorical weapon, not for its so-called descriptive qualites. From Wordnik.com. ["I mean no disrespect."] Reference
In addition, each course then receives a 400-word descriptive review of the experience. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
The alternative terms descriptive of the different meanings are ice covered and ice eroded. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
RPC also tends to be instructive rather than descriptive, which is against the spirit of SOA. From Wordnik.com. [O'Reilly News: XML] Reference
The result is what may be called a descriptive, narrative, expository, or argumentative style. From Wordnik.com. [Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism] Reference
The day is divided by terms descriptive of the positions of the sun in the sky from dawn to sunset. From Wordnik.com. [The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532] Reference
The story seems real, and is very descriptive, which is liked because I could visualize the places and people. From Wordnik.com. [Reader reviews of Atonement by Ian McEwan.] Reference
Now this we say not so much to be preaching as to bring in a last word descriptive of our Northampton movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Garden] Reference
I charge thee not to breathe to thy Fernand one word descriptive of this interview which thou hast had with me. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf] Reference
Recognition of the power of conventional usage in language is a keynote of the approach known as descriptive linguistics. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1] Reference
Islands is an islet, popularly known among the locales as Payong-Payong, a local name descriptive of its umbrella-like shape. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to FEATURE : Historic Manila wants tourists to see past the decay] Reference
While Craig drives he recalls descriptive passages from her journals and tries to retrace his daughter's steps in his mind's eye. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel's Words] Reference
The successive terms descriptive of the son who is to be sacrificed are employed; not to make the sacrifice harder but to recall to. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Is your title descriptive?. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
"But didn't he give you the specifications -- kind of descriptive return?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919] Reference
The statement that the Resolutions are essentially 'descriptive' is helpful, but unlikely to allay anxieties. From Wordnik.com. [Communion, Covenant and our Anglican Future] Reference
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