How to Use analyze in a Sentence

analyze

verb
  • Researchers are busy analyzing the results of the study.
  • We took the sample to be chemically analyzed by a lab.
  • The data was recorded and analyzed by computer.
  • The bacteria were analyzed under a powerful microscope.
  • {it}Ms. Magazine{/it}'s online daily weblog, written by Christine Cupaiuolo, analyzes the representation of women in media and popular culture. Here are excerpts from recent postings.
    — Ms., Fall 2003
  • If the shot didn’t go as planned, analyze what went wrong.
    — Paul Christianson, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • Dalio’s schtick is to analyze past patterns and use them to try and make sense of the future.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Get out of the way, nerds, some of us cool kids are trying to analyze decades-old YouTube sports clips.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • This device fires a laser through the cable and analyzes the light that bounces back.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
    — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The Hawaii report analyzed the loss of 3,000 structures.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But when his team analyzed day-by-day photos of the same spot, the items velcroed to the wall hardly changed in those 60 days.
    — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Beyond the prime time games, there is plenty more to analyze in the 2022 Colts schedule.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2022
  • To determine rankings, the study analyzed 100 cities for the amount of pollen, the number of specialists in the area and the amount of medicine used.
    — Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The key is to analyze influencers who are willing to work with you.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • The Juno team continues to analyze the data from the Ganymede flyby.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Dec. 2021
  • There will be lots of time to analyze after the pandemic is over.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The goal behind the tracking is to analyze trends and gauge whether the industry is doing enough to stop the problem.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 19 Apr. 2022
  • When something goes wrong in the spleen or the liver, doctors take a biopsy and analyze the tissue.
    — Claudia Dreifus, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Use this time to analyze and reflect on your drinking habits.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Tanasi and his team scraped a sample of tiny particles from inside the vase to analyze.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The soldiers are robbed of their ability to analyze their fate.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Anderson says that cloud cover for this eclipse is among the lowest he’s analyzed over the last 45 years.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Palantir will help the NHS analyze data and spot trends, slashing wait times.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Now comes the spring and summer for Auriemma to analyze and reload his roster.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Engineers tested thrusters and analyzed data for over two months to track down the cause of the thrusters' failure.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
  • As such, scientists will need to analyze the rocks further to determine the source of the compounds.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Dec. 2021
  • This should give you a sense of what types of data will be the most important for an audit team to collect and analyze.
    — Jenny Herald, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The research team used CT scans to analyze the bones from the site, finding puncture wounds that would have been used to drain fat from ribs and vertebrae.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In traditional robots, a control system analyzes sensory data and tells the machine what to do.
    — New Atlas, 29 June 2025

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