10 descriptive sentences

Descriptive words help paint a picture in the reader's mind. They can be adjectives, adverbs, or participles that describe the subjects or actions of your sentence.

Using descriptive words can bring characters to life in a novel or short story, sell an item in a product advertisement, convince an audience in a persuasive writing piece, explain the setting of a news story, or provide instructions for a DIY project.

Using illustrative descriptors makes your writing impossible to put down because your sentences are more vivid.

For example, the sentence "It was windy," might give the reader information, but it's not very descriptive.

Descriptive sentences for creative writing

Instead, you could use descriptive words like: 

• gusty
• torrential
• breezy
• windswept

Adjectives are descriptive words that modify nouns.

They’re what you need to tell the difference between an acrobatic cat, a delirious cat,and a precious cat (or maybe a cat that’s all three).

acrobatic	adorable	adventurous
bitter	boundless	bright
brilliant	brittle	delirious
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