Asked to characterize the couple's financial relationship, he said, "You'd have to ask them that."

I can't characterize the relationship between her and the president.

White House officials characterized the relationship between the two men as friendly, but said they were not close socially.

"But you would characterize your relationship with your daughter as close?"

The two prosecutors similarly characterized their relationship in recent interviews.

But he characterized the relationship between the men as "distant," and the meetings quickly ended.

"Well, is it fair, then, to characterize your relationship with my client as a very friendly, close one?"

One of these associates characterized the relationship he forged with Iraqi officials as successful.

Based on surveys of adults, she has characterized the relationship that consumers have with familiar products.

Towards characterizing the relationship between students' interest in and their beliefs about physics.