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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• Maris was outraged by those lines and the characterization of the housekeeper.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
• But characterization of the bones show that many of them have signs of muscle being cut away and/or having been broken open to extract the marrow.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
• But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• Some have called Altamont a defining episode of the decade, the death knell of the flower-power movement, though Barger scoffed at the characterization.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• In the video on Monday, Mr. O’Keefe disputed the characterizations in the memo of his conduct and management style.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
• None of the witnesses disputed the characterization of the facts of Jan. 6.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Chron, 23 Feb. 2021
• But the officials’ characterization of the shooting posted to the police department’s Facebook page was criticized by many who said the statement’s language downplayed Saturday’s violence.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• The dialogue is overly ornate, with long monologues filled with highfalutin references, and there’s no distinct characterization: A Bronx pawnbroker talks the same as a Manhattan equities trader.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025