How to Use identifiable in a Sentence

identifiable

adjective
  • The bear was identifiable by the number on its red ear tags: 935.
    The Vail Daily, The Denver Post, 20 June 2024
  • Watch enough of their jokes back-to-back and identifiable patterns start to emerge.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • None of the men were identifiable in the image; all were wearing balaclavas and the rest of their faces are blurred.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But drawings from the 19th century show that parts of the palace were still identifiable at that point.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The Tiziana sail, by contrast, was cut so that each bag would be marked by those identifiable stitches.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Perched on the petals of the cup plant, the bee is identifiable based on its black and white stripes and the tawny patch on its second abdominal segment.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The catapults are identifiable in the image at the top of the story as the three long channels running lengthwise along the flight deck.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
  • The two videos, which were filmed just feet from each other, are both along the same street, identifiable by burned cars, a distinctive curb and the same houses.
    Sarah Cahlan, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • At almost 5 years old, Yun Chuan is identifiable by his long, pointy nose.
    Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • These accounts are identifiable based on the tax laws that govern them.
    Aaron W. Clarke, Cfp, Aif, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The face of the suspect, who was wearing a hoodie, wasn’t identifiable on the video, but the violence and rage expressed in the brazen attack were clear.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The grand jury report said over 1,000 child victims were identifiable from the church’s records.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
  • There may not be any identifiable wreckage on the ocean floor, and important clues—such as the plane’s black box—may simply be lost.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In my opinion, since the 2020 election Mr. Trump’s head has been in the same, easily identifiable place.
    WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This kind of shtick is readily identifiable to anyone who sat in the bleachers in gym class with a doctor’s note.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Yun Chuan is said to be identifiable by his long, slightly pointed nose.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Plus, in more than half of the cases of repeat miscarriages, there is no identifiable cause.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • The polyp stage comes before the animals reach their identifiable adult forms.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Whether they were being cut or starved of water, each type of stress could be matched with a specific, identifiable sound.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But without an identifiable sense of humor, camp, mischief or irony, all that’s left is bad taste.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The site promises not to share any identifiable information from the list.
    Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • South Huntsville has never really had a place that was identifiable for south Huntsville.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 24 Jan. 2023
  • From the exterior, each F5-M will be easily identifiable thanks to a 55-inch dorsal fin that extends from the rear of the intake scoop on the roof.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Unlike most mochi donuts, easily identifiable thanks to their shape (small dough balls attached like a string of pearls), Mikiko opts for the classic donut form.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The most common cause of illness was norovirus, accounting for more than 47% of outbreaks with an identifiable agent.
    Korin Miller, Health, 7 June 2023
  • The first Black man, identifiable by his black shorts and white shirt, is physically confronted by one of the women.
    Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura – With one of the most easily identifiable coos, these doves can raise up to six broods every year.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura – With one of the most easily identifiable coos, these doves can raise up to six broods every year.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The lack of identifiable records for clients and employees led SBF and his team to lose track of millions in assets regularly.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But some advocates say, because gay couples are easily identifiable, the law will boil down to a blanket targeting of them.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024

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