How to Use characterize in a Sentence

characterize

verb

• Farms and large flat fields characterize most of the area.
• I would characterize this as a positive change for our company.
• How would you characterize the situation?
• His personality is hard to characterize.
• She had difficulty characterizing their relationship.
• But what exactly is the the flavor that has come to characterize the cooling season?
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• These events are just samples of fires, floods, hurricanes, and so on that characterize the effects of climate change.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
• The link between these technologies and the fall in revenues led them to characterize music fans as unprincipled thieves obsessed with getting everything for free.
  — Rebecca Giblin Cory Doctorow, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2022
• Thibodeau wouldn’t characterize Grimes’ latest update as a setback, but suggested the 22-year-old is still feeling soreness in his left foot.
  — Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant, 17 Oct. 2022
• On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of tiles on the roof.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• That would have been a fair way to characterize the Cowboys for the better part of two decades.
  — Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
• Measles is an airborne disease characterized by a high fever, a cough and a rash.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
• Events in the brain during REM have been well characterized, at least in humans.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• After that storm sunny skies and calm winds are likely to characterize the rest of the week.
  — Austin Turner, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
• The disease is characterized by a distinctive rash that starts at the hairline, moving to the head and neck.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• There are four main types of green sweat bees in Michigan and they are characterized by their color and short tongues.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
• And that repellent first day characterized much of what was to come.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
• The default mode was one of the first brain networks characterized by science.
  — Nora Bradford, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
• The paintings are now stashed in an enormous hangar that critics have characterized as a sort of Raiders of the Lousy Art warehouse.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• El-Badry and co set out to characterize the nature of this companion.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
• On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of tar and gravel roofing.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Please don’t characterize the strength Pelosi continued to bring in taking on Trump.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2022
• His wardrobe, characterized by a blend of timeless elegance and avant-garde designs, narrates the tale of an era, a genre, and the man behind the music.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Jan. 2024
• The region, which sits at the northernmost point of the globe, is a unique ecosystem characterized by areas of permanent snow and ice.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
• On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of composition shingles on the roof.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• At the halfway point of the gala, Sara Baras appeared with her tribute to Carmen Amaya, who left the audience stunned after the cante and toque that characterized the first part of the show.
  — Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• The company has characterized the law as an infringement on the free speech rights of its users, most of whom use the app for entertainment.
  — Didi Tang, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
• Gout is a unique type of arthritis characterized by the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• American-style lagers overall tend to be characterized by their light body and appearance and high carbonation as well as other factors.
  — Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• Another flower often seen on altars is the cockscomb, also known as Celosia argentea or cresta de gallo, a striking flower characterized by its unique velvety texture and plume-like shape that resembles a rooster’s comb.
  — Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024