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
• In one of the first episodes, the blindfolded women have to identify their own sons by fondling the men’s abs.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 2 Feb. 2023
• 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
• The gun, which officers saw upon pulling over the vehicle, was identified as a Glock model 20.
  — Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
• Hayes, who is alleged to have used his fingernails to etch five letters onto one of the torii gates, was identified as the suspect by security video around the shrine, the newspaper reported.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024