Example Sentences

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At a nearby community hall where family members were identifying bodies on Friday morning, several people walked out in tears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Because it had so much media attention, people who knew them were identifying them and sending them in to the FBI.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2023

Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara said more of Indigenous people were identifying themselves as such.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

Mr Cardwell asked him where the signposts were identifying the facility as a restricted building and to show some identification that he was a police officer.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

Next morning when we went ashore in New York, and were identifying our baggage, a small man was passing, Mr. Furlong remarked in an undertone, "Our captain."

From The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation by Nation, Carry Amelia