- present participle of characterize.
characterizing
Example Sentences
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One longtime friend was surprised by reports characterizing Rana as a gauche underperformer, having known Rana as an outgoing person with a dry, quick sense of humor and an intense work ethic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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
The testimony the experts would provide would also be very direct in characterizing his disabilities and illness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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