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.
• Doing this in the large helps to identify what works and doesn’t work in the long run.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
• No cause has been identified yet for the largest fires.
  — Manuel Valdes, Julie Watson, John Seewer and Heather Hollingsworth The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
• It is said that the border on the plates helps identify the potter.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
• So far, 55 of those who perished in the crash have been identified.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
• 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
• The police chief did not identify the victim or the suspect.
  — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022
• Authorities did not identify the age of the boy or the dog's breed.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The storm was later identified as a Kona storm, which brings heavy rainfall and strong winds to Hawaii from the Southwest.
  — Alexandra Skores, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The combined resources of the company and the cold case team were able to identify a suspect in the case in early 2025.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
• 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
• Players must identify the correct car and location of the Route 66 sign amid dozens of street signs.
  — Betsy Morris, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
• With each emergence comes a chance for mushroom hunters to identify new species.
  — Rachel Bujalski Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 June 2024
• The worker, identified as 35-year-old Brandon Scott Carpenter, died after being taken to a hospital, officials said.
  — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2025
• Philly’s sanctuary policies My work has involved researching sanctuary policies as well as how often ICE relies on local law enforcement to help identify and turn over immigrants.
  — Jennifer J. Lee, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025