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.
• 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
• At the time, Casey didn't characterize the move as a demotion.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2022
• Measles is an airborne disease characterized by a high fever, a cough and a rash.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
• Braun’s road to his third opening day in the NBA has been characterized by winning.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 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
• James says the faces of her subjects lift off the page or canvas and steer her on how to characterize her depictions.
  — Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• El-Badry and co set out to characterize the nature of this companion.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
• Gout Gout is a type of arthritis characterized by sudden and severe pain, redness, and swelling in the joints.
  — Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
• 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
• On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of tar and gravel roofing.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
• But what exactly is the the flavor that has come to characterize the cooling season?
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• Marin officials characterized the exemption as a way to provide more time for the county to do the right thing.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 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
• Military officials characterized the order as a precautionary measure intended to cap the number of strikes that could take place each day.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
• Although the history of Ireland’s treatment of unmarried women and their children is violent and bleak, the novella, like Bill’s life, is characterized by ordinary, small moments of love.
  — Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025