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
• That characterization doesn’t fit my role in the film.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 June 2026
• There isn’t a whole lot of nuance in some of the characterizations.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• Cruz's characterization takes the ideas found in the book out of context.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• Aside from a few lines pulled, their characterization is largely the same.
  — Matthew Gault, Wired, 31 Dec. 2020
• The lines aren’t coming, and there’s no characterization to speak of.
  — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2021
• Those close to the couple push back on that characterization.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
• That was helpful, even if it is based off of a toxic characterization.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2021
• The Post no doubt takes issue with the characterization of these as feats.
  — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
• The judge also took issue with the chief’s characterization of agents' use of force.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• There’s even less characterization for the killers, who are presumed to be under the witch’s thrall.
  — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
• The item did not ignite, and some have questioned the characterization of it.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2020
• The response fits characterizations of Long as an all-around good guy.
  — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• To Thomas and us this sounds like the oddest of characterizations.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
• All of those things are true, but the characterization isn’t entirely fair.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2020
• Trump has recently pushed back against his characterization as a king.
  — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
• 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
• But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• Although the artist had hastily named his piece, the characterization stuck.
  — Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Maris was outraged by those lines and the characterization of the housekeeper.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
• But beyond that, for all its glances and gruffness, the show is light on meaningful characterization.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
• 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
• If the characterization feels real, that’s the most essential thing for me.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
• Knowing that her big lifelong dream is to open her own store, how important was the styling aspect of your characterization?
  — Michael Cuby, ELLE, 9 Dec. 2022
• Musk himself has been blunt in his characterization of the Cybertruck.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2023