How to Use identify in a Sentence

identify

verb

• She identified the dog as her lost pet.
• The corpse was identified on the basis of dental records.
• They could not identify the source of the quotation.
• The witness positively identified the suspect in the crime.
• We began by identifying what we needed for the job.
• He was able to correctly identify the mushroom.
• We need to identify the causes of unemployment.
• They had no difficulty in identifying the problem.
• Hemmert wrote that her friend, who has not been identified, was shot in the back.
  — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
• Mesa police said the person who died in the fire still has not been identified.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
• The death has now been deemed a homicide and the victim identified as 31-year-old Yazmeen Williams.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
• An agent fired at the suspect, later identified as Ryan Routh, who fled the scene.
  — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
• Authorities did not identify the age of the boy or the dog's breed.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The Pentagon identified those killed in the attack as Sgt.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 31 Jan. 2024
• Crews carried his body back to the trail where he was identified, the sheriff's office wrote in the release.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
• But even the most diehard among Dodgers fans would struggle to identify the winning pitcher that night.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
• Officers went to the home and found a man, later identified as Mitchell, who was dead.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
• The breed of the snake responsible has not been identified.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• With each emergence comes a chance for mushroom hunters to identify new species.
  — Rachel Bujalski Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 June 2024
• But in addition to the, well, pulsing, the key to identifying a pulsar is the timing.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2023
• The two others, at least one of whom is a woman, have declined to be publicly identified.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The older brother, identified as a 21-year-old man, was unharmed, the park service said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 June 2023
• The woman in the car was unable to identify any suspects, the reviewers said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
• But nobody could identify what that was—least of all Trump himself.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• Once identified, a person can plan how to move forward.
  — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
• Their father was identified as 34-year-old Brock Mater.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2024
• These identify the lens size, bridge width, and temple length in millimeters.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
• Please identify all the pictures below of boats that a Russian oligarch would purchase and want to be seen in.
  — Anand Giridharadas, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023
• Tens of thousands of people have been identified as descendants of the people who were sold in 1838, Carey said.
  — Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• They were filed anonymously, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024