How to Use descriptor in a Sentence

descriptor

noun

• Emily in Paris goes on to use trompe l’oeil as a catch-all descriptor for its characters’ deceptive actions.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
• Algorithms then generate titles for each playlist based on those descriptors — a process not to be confused with generative AI.
  — Hope King, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Damp is sadly the best descriptor for the rest of the week.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
• The Chiefs, with the same descriptors, viewed the Royals as petty and losers.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 29 Sep. 2017
• These are some of the descriptors used for the Gemini twins.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
• The descriptor comes from the Roman name for the place that would become Paris — Lutetia.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
• Here are quick descriptors of the beer’s look, aroma and flavor.
  — Peter Rowe, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
• The descriptor feels quite apt in the case of book editor Judith Jones, who died today at the age of 93.
  — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 23 Sep. 2015
• Take descriptors from places like Google and Yelp with a grain of salt (good advice for any topic).
  — Navneet Alang, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2023
• Start with Wade, the 13-time All-Star whose tribute video began with a one-word descriptor from James.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• That last descriptor is perhaps the best part about Tell Me Your Secrets.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2021
• Friendly, gentle and great with kids are just a few of the descriptors those who know Buddy say about him.
  — azcentral, 21 Feb. 2020
• Pretty is a perfect descriptor for this messy half-up look tied with a big white bow.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 June 2023
• Use a descriptor and no name, even when a person is willing to be called by only one name.
  — WSJ, 15 July 2022
• One way to push your point a bit might be to use their typical descriptor, and direct it back at them.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
• Barrett was perfect — a word too often overused but in this case the right descriptor.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• In fact, descriptors like barnyard and dirty socks aren’t a dealbreaker to her at all.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2024
• Omari Spellman used a few descriptors commonly used for teams in the old Big East.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• But in reality, the origins of the French descriptor can be traced back to—well, horses.
  — Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2022
• The Meat Culture Wars won’t end because of red wrappers or meaty descriptors.
  — David Rooney, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
• The greatest charms of shopping on the Palace website are the descriptors for each item, gnomic bricks of all-caps poetry.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 12 June 2017
• And Big Bronco is an apt descriptor compared with the Wrangler.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 June 2021
• After all, in the last month alone, Macron is the third wife of a president to earn that descriptor, after the first lady of South Korea and Trump's own wife.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 13 July 2017
• Musk’s many fans will surely take those descriptors as a given.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Even the oyster scene with Jake, which shows up early in the show, lacks the danger and temptation of the novel’s salty, slippery descriptors.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 25 May 2018
• Consider that one descriptor of Ailes pops up again and again: loyal.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 18 May 2017
• The trial was also rife with colorful code names and other descriptors of the bribes and behind-the-scenes dealings.
  — Erica Orden, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2018
• There might not be a better descriptor for Williams’ methods, or for his path to Baltimore.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2021
• Bumpy is also a good descriptor, with each bite slightly different than the next.
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2021
• Those kinds of descriptors are missing from women’s sports.
  — The Hive, 14 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024