Examples of “described” in a Sentence

verb Past tense and past participle of describe: to have said or written what someone or something is like.

• The witness described a man in a gray coat.
• The role is described in detail in the job pack.
• She described the problem clearly so the engineer could fix it quickly.

verb Past tense and past participle of describe in the sense of tracing or marking out a shape or path.

• The ball described a lazy arc over the keeper's head.
• The skater described a perfect circle on the ice.
• The comet described a long curve across the night sky.