- present tense form of characterize (3rd person singular).
characterizes
Example Sentences
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Griffin’s countersuit claims that the classmate’s lawsuit characterizes her as “a fraud and a thief.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Mr. Sorey’s band moves from down-home blues to church-service uplift to the sort of energized ritual that characterizes “creative music,” a practice for which Mr. Sorey is now a forceful lodestar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
If one thing characterizes the past few years of major app releases, it’s “features users didn’t ask for.”
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
Anadol Studio’s active creative partnership with Google deepened after Refik’s own more recent stays in the Sacred Village, taking advantage of what Neven characterizes as “the ethnobotanical knowledge that Indigenous tribes still possess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
There is none of the humor or wordplay or cleverness that characterizes Sesame Street.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
