characterizing

Example Sentences

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“I understand that the U.S. doesn’t want to be provocative in this region,” said Chen Ming-chi, Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister, characterizing Trump’s strategy as saying less and doing more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Minutes after the judgment was announced, the entrepreneur's lawyers informed AFP that their client will appeal the decision, characterizing it as a "setback."

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 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

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