characterizing

Example Sentences

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He made good on these promises, with what the Times called “bureaucratic bulldozing, rather than legislative transparency” characterizing his two terms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The back-and-forth became increasingly heated as Kennedy also peppered Noem for characterizing Good and Pretti as domestic terrorists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

One analyst hasn’t been taken in, characterizing it as an effort to ride last year’s Labubu-led trinket craze.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Scott, the South Carolina Republican who leads the Senate Banking Committee, stated that “everyone remains at the table working in good faith,” in a post on X, characterizing the delay as a “brief pause.”

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

I voiced these thoughts to Hugh, who denounced both me and the crowd, unironically characterizing the atmosphere as "carnivallike."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris