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.
  • 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
  • The Post no doubt takes issue with the characterization of these as feats.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Mulroney takes stark issue with this characterization—and made that clear on the record with the New York Post.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The lines aren’t coming, and there’s no characterization to speak of.
    — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2021
  • There’s even less characterization for the killers, who are presumed to be under the witch’s thrall.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • 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
  • Mike Gundy’s characterization of Texas this week as the most talented team year-in and year-out in the Big 12 may have grated as well.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The show’s characterization of Brown would be a good topic for a white-studies class.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • 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 Trump campaign pushed back on the ad’s characterization of his health care policies.
    — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The response fits characterizations of Long as an all-around good guy.
    — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Aside from a few lines pulled, their characterization is largely the same.
    — Matthew Gault, Wired, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The characterization of the Baywatch alum as the latter is nothing new to Brandon, 26.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Which leads me to my largest objection to the characterization of Trump as the peace candidate.
    — Noah Millman, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Having covered this group in the past, Watters’ characterization didn’t capture the full essence of the people in this group.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • There's plenty of giant dinosaurs around, but the dinos and the humans alike are done in by weak characterization, iffy action scenes and a lack of the original's spirit.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
  • The White House rejected the characterizations in Pence’s piece.
    — Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 19 June 2025

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