The phrase "are often described with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain subjects or concepts are typically characterized or explained using specific terms or phrases.
Example: "These phenomena are often described with complex scientific terminology that can be difficult for the layperson to understand."
Alternatives: "are frequently characterized by" or "are commonly explained using".
Complex systems are often described with competing models.
Celia Amonte (Sofia Milos), the sultry Portuguese protagonist of "Passionada," is one of those tempestuous superwomen, familiar from European films, who are often described with awestruck hyperbole as forces of nature.
(The same is true for a drug's benefits, which are often described with statistics that mean little to the average person). Misinformation, or misinterpretation of factual information, can result in what doctors call the "nocebo" effect — the experience of an anticipated side effect even when the patient is given a dummy pill.
Those higher level attention abilities are often described with the term "executive functions".
Such problems are often described with the vocabulary of "dirty hands", but, as Rubenstein argues, this description is misplaced since, for one thing, the aid agencies do not themselves intentionally do harm to avoid some great evil or achieve some great good.
People and settings are often described with the same stock phrases, which serve their purpose but function like a cheap establishing shot used again and again.
Plants were often described with attributes derived from misconceptions, folklore, and superstition.
Early designs were often described with terms like evil or diabolical to explain what happened when a rear-engine car entered a turn at too high a speed.
Jim Collins, in his study of the best-performing companies of the late 20th century, found that they were all led by chief executives known primarily for their fierce will and dedication — and were often described with words like "reserved" and "understated".
Safety-first comes from a more academic foundation, so it is often described with mathematical equations in academic journals.
The much-hyped vision of information technology's cloud computing future is often described with an analogy to the power industry: Just as we pipe in electricity from a central utility, the comparison goes, so will we someday pay for processing and storage as utility-like services in a central location, a model that's more efficient, more flexible and cheaper.
