descriptors

Neither set of descriptors is characteristic, and in fact the two men are much more similar than is commonly portrayed in settings public or private where the works of both are not commonplace.

Hungering for some shallow analysis of Pope Benedict XVI? 2009

Going with more subtle descriptors is just as valid an option.

Describing Characters of Color, pt. 2 « 2009

A deracinated character, one who's basically just another white person given the literary black-face of a few throwaway descriptors, is not worth the paper they're written on.

I Ain't No Other Hal Duncan 2006

Go back later to add thematic elements and color (as in descriptors relating to the five senses, quirky personality bits, humor, etc …).

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing the Big Story 2006

About the only thing that made me grumble was how the show has become a little too fond of its one-word descriptors for the team: hitter, hacker, grifter, thief, mastermind.

Leverage Season 2 Premiere: The Beantown Bailout Job » DVDs Worth Watching 2009

For example, in perfume as in wine, multi-word descriptors are the unspoken rule.

Scents And Sensibility Lettie Teague 2011

When submitting the MS, is it reasonable to include brief 5-10 word descriptors in parentheses next to the actual written word for the page?

Submissions: Quick Answers Editorial Anonymous 2009

When submitting the MS, is it reasonable to include brief 5-10 word descriptors in parentheses next to the actual written word for the page?

Archive 2009-05-01 Editorial Anonymous 2009

It may be typical for kids of this age-group to socialize, hook-up, and alter their sense of reality from time to time, but the L-word descriptors in my title aren't the L-words I associate with the students I met.

Cheryl Saban: Lazy, Loaded and Laid -- NOT. 2009

If we are advised, as I think we should be, to avoid the R-word, the N-word, and several other alphabet-word descriptors, in terms of being fair and balanced, could we not discourage others as well?

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