How to Use characterization in a Sentence

characterization

noun

• The class discussed the author's characterization of the boy as someone who wanted to be accepted by others.
• The reporter was criticized for his characterization of the people of the town as poor and uneducated.
• The story has good characterization.
• News reporting requires accurate characterization.
• On one level, this characterization of Barrett seems genuine.
  — Maggie Garnett, National Review, 15 Feb. 2022
• Organizers disagree with that characterization and have tried to frame the convoy as bipartisan.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• Is this a valid characterization of the South in the last decade?
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 30 May 2022
• There isn’t a whole lot of nuance in some of the characterizations.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• Cruz's characterization takes the ideas found in the book out of context.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• The jokes on the show and her characterization are similar to most of Kaling’s characters in the past.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Thousands of miles away from home, Kingsolver’s keen sense of place and her deft characterization brought me right back to the US.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
• The characterization of his time with the Lakers as nothing but love and harmony is a bit of a stretch.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2022
• NBC News has not heard or seen the episode and cannot confirm this characterization of Ye’s comments.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2022
• The response fits characterizations of Long as an all-around good guy.
  — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• The characterization of the Baywatch alum as the latter is nothing new to Brandon, 26.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• But in recent weeks, some of its leading Democrats have been eager to make their case for why that characterization is wrong.
  — Marisa Lagos, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
• That many of the other characters in the book fall rather flat may be as much a product of Monet’s characterizations as the author’s.
  — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
• Although the artist had hastily named his piece, the characterization stuck.
  — Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• The characterization of the meeting was also not taken well among Scalise allies, even the ones who had voted for Jordan on the floor.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2023
• While the characterizations aren’t particularly deep, the actors do their best to fill in the blanks.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
• But characterization of the bones show that many of them have signs of muscle being cut away and/or having been broken open to extract the marrow.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
• But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• Some have called Altamont a defining episode of the decade, the death knell of the flower-power movement, though Barger scoffed at the characterization.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• In the video on Monday, Mr. O’Keefe disputed the characterizations in the memo of his conduct and management style.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
• The core strength of the film is Edgerton’s stoical characterization.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
• This characterization made a certain sense at the time.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• If the characterization feels real, that’s the most essential thing for me.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
• Musk himself has been blunt in his characterization of the Cybertruck.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2023
• The other side: Some of the largest PBMs dispute these characterizations completely.
  — Tina Reed, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• But officials have also disputed characterizations that the gang is taking over cities.
  — Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024