The phrase "associated them" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a connection or relationship between two or more entities or concepts.
Example: "The researchers associated them with increased levels of stress in the participants."
Alternatives: "linked them" or "connected them".
I associated them with being dull, and that's not the case," he said.
Even though people often couldn't quite define ancient grains, Cunningham said, they associated them with "simplicity" and "health".
"I associated them with something poor, dark and negative," she said.
Before performing their pop-disco song "Stay Free," she also observed that although everybody associated them with love duets, here was a song dedicated to single people.
By the end you were sick to death of her breasts, you associated them with pain, hunger, torment - they were a form of torture, really.
I loved the taste of cigarettes, the smell of their smoke, I associated them with parties and fun, calm moments of solitary reflection and conspiratorially gossipy conversations.
Christians, in interviews, voiced suspicion of the intentions of Muslims and associated them with the taint of terrorism.
However the reports said that the two feared they might not be able to escape because too many people associated them with Isis.
Catchy dance songs can come in all forms, and often they can be utterly insubstantial, but sometimes remain annoyingly cool, perhaps because of the sound, or simply because we associated them with a soft toy.
"Four years ago, people in Iran didn't know what startups were or they associated them with fraud," she says today, "but now they are taken seriously and people show trust".
Her response prompted David Ruhnke, a lawyer for Mr. Yousry, to ask the judge to inquire whether the woman was "afraid of the defendants" because she associated them with 9/11.
