How to Use localize in a Sentence

localize

verb

• The computer technician was able to localize the fault quickly.
• Doctors are trying to localize the infection by using antibiotics.
• Such changes aren’t just localized to the eye.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
• The damage was localized to the hot mill area of the plant.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
• But as time went on, the area of the soreness shrunk and localized.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, SELF, 16 Oct. 2018
• The cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes and appeared to be localized.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• Though some can scan up to a mile radius, most are fairly localized.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2018
• The good news, his mother says, is that the cancer was localized in just one area.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 29 May 2025
• Use short, direct puffs of carb cleaner to localize the leak.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2011
• These products are creams and can help with wrinkles, localized pain and more.
  — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• It can be localized (confined to one area) or diffuse (spread out).
  — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2024
• The person still feels pain, but may not be able to localize it or verbalize it.
  — Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
• And any treatment would most likely be localized, or confined to a patch of skin.
  — New Atlas, 6 July 2025
• This tends to keep damage localized as cracks spread little by little rather than one clean break.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
• That told me that the sting and the pain did have a systemic effect, although it's localized.
  — Noah Davis, Esquire, 17 Aug. 2015
• Many will start their post’s title with their state name, to help localize the discussion.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
• The imaging tests showed that the cancer was localized to my colon and hadn’t spread to other parts of my body.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Mar. 2024
• Here’s how the fast-food chain crafts its unique global menus and why localizing them is key to its success.
  — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 27 July 2023
• This type of supply is highly localized.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
• The skin problem might stay localized in one part of the body or grow excessively all over.
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 20 June 2017
• The rules of physics would still apply within the bubble, but the ship would be localized outside of space.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2019
• The pain may be localized or radiate to other parts of the body, such as the buttocks, legs, or arms.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2023
• Ehler localizes with a Dutch crunch bun, a smear of ginger-scallion mayo and black pepper sauce.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• This rises to 65% if the cancer is localized, or confined to the lungs.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 7 Aug. 2024
• Teams can meme‑ify, remix or localize as long as the guardrails hold, giving speed without identity drift.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• Yes, but the cancer has to be localized to the pancreas itself, and hasn’t spread to any other organ.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2019
• This helps localize pain and other symptoms to a specific area of the abdomen.
  — Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
• Storms will be moving at 5 mph to 10 mph, making heavy rain and localized flooding a threat.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
• The major symptom is a painful rash that commonly appears as a band of blisters localized to one area on the body .
  — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
• Point is, if your pain is localized to one part of your abdomen, that could hint at something going on with a certain organ in there.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 16 Feb. 2019