How to Use identity in a Sentence

identity

noun

• The identity of the criminal is not known.
• They produced their passports as proof of their identities.
• They arrested the wrong man. It was a case of mistaken identity.
• As children grow, they establish their own identities.
• His art reflects his cultural identity.
• The spokesman said the ages and identity of the two are unknown.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• This isn't the first change in identity for the restaurant.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2022
• His identity gave most of the judges some paws, though.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• That's what pushed her to hide her trans identity at the time.
  — Jada Jackson, House Beautiful, 27 Aug. 2021
• The identities of the woman and child have not been released.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
• The man’s identity has not been revealed to the public.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• The guilt or shame feelings might be tied to your identity.
  — Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• The identity of the woman who died has not been released.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
• This isn’t a line that’s meant to change your face or your identity.
  — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018
• The identity of the person killed has not yet been released.
  — Ashley McBride, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
• Hamilton has long been a city in search of an identity.
  — Kevin Williams, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
• The man's identity was not disclosed in the news release.
  — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 13 July 2022
• Police still haven't been able to confirm the identities of the two men who are still on the run.
  — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 5 July 2018
• The pilot light of my identity, not a problem to be solved.
  — Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
• To be so in love with your identity that your very essence cannot be contained.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• Yet each town brings its own identity to the process of revival, too.
  — Carmen K. Sisson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2017
• The takeaway is simply that your stack is part of your identity.
  — Dave Hecker, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• The victim, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2022
• The kids in middle school are just starting to form their own identities as young adults.
  — Randall P. Lieberman, Jewish Journal, 28 Sep. 2017
• Five years later, the place had a new owner and new identity.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 July 2018
• What’s more, this is a hotel with a strong identity from the outset.
  — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• Injury to that area leads to an impaired sense of identity.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
• The two fight crime while trying to keep their identities secret.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 12 Mar. 2020
• Bad people want to steal your identity and use it to commit fraud and rob you blind.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Watts said the man, whose identity was withheld by police, died at the scene.
  — Angel Mendoza, azcentral, 5 May 2018

Last Updated: 21 Apr 2024