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
• But don’t most, if not all, modern artists keep the world at a distance, the better to describe it?
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Trying to describe the film’s plot is an exercise in futility.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
• Sutin died in 2019, according to an online obituary that described him as a Santa Fe attorney who died in Texas.
  — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025