DESCRIBE in a Sentence
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401 example sentences for DESCRIBE, such as:
1. No words can describe the scene.
2. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
3. The police asked her to describe the two men.
4. I cannot pretend to describe what I then felt.
5. Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.
2. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
3. The police asked her to describe the two men.
4. I cannot pretend to describe what I then felt.
5. Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.
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Meanings and Examples of DESCRIBE
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describe
v. make a mark or lines on a surface
v. to give an account or representation of in words
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
2 I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil, the void that presents itself to the soul, and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance.
3 I cannot pretend to describe what I then felt.
4 I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each of these sounds and was able to pronounce them.
5 I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge.
6 I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books.
7 The inside of the cottage was dark, and I heard no motion; I cannot describe the agony of this suspense.
8 I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport.
9 But Marianne could no more satisfy him as to the colour of Mr. Willoughby's pointer, than he could describe to her the shades of his mind.
10 Every body pretends to feel and tries to describe with the taste and elegance of him who first defined what picturesque beauty was.
11 In vain should I attempt to describe the astonishment and disquiet of Herbert, when he and I and Provis sat down before the fire, and I recounted the whole of the secret.
12 What I felt, in returning so auspiciously to the old familiar places, I shall not endeavour to describe.
13 I cannot describe the state of mind into which I was thrown by this intelligence.
14 What I cannot describe is, how, in the innermost recesses of my own heart, I had a lurking jealousy even of Death.
15 Sophy told me afterwards, that the self-reproach she underwent while she was in attendance upon Sarah, no words could describe.
Example Sentence: (191 in 13 pages)
1 Globalisation is a catch-all to describe increased international trade.
2 While under hypnosis, the victim was able to describe her attacker.
3 The police asked her to describe the two men.
4 Without you, my life don't know how to describe.
5 Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.
6 It is very difficult to describe our joy in word.
7 Words can hardly describe the beauty of the scene.
8 The role of scientists is to observe and describe the world, not to try to control it.
9 No words can describe the scene.
10 It's not correct to describe them as 'students'.
11 I would describe her as handsome rather than beautiful.
12 We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.
13 Parmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard Italian cheeses.
14 I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
15 The book goes on to describe his experiences in the army.