The phrase "characterized by the use of" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is defined or identified by the way it is used. Example: The novel was characterized by the use of vivid imagery and descriptive prose.
Traditional music of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, however, is primarily African, characterized by the use of complex, highly developed polyrhythms, dance styles and drums like the tambú.
Intermittent disturbances into the 1980s were characterized by the use of firearms and bombs.
His work was characterized by the use of delicate colours, gently modeled forms, facile technique, and light-hearted subject matter.
Critics praised it as a triumph of the Brutalist style, characterized by the use of rough exterior materials like concrete.
A possible fifth addition to the "big four" concept is the Southeast Asian musical culture characterized by the use of knobbed gongs.
Most of the current oceanographic work in the sea is characterized by the use of advanced technology, by international cooperation, and by a variety of research projects.
Paleolithic Period, also spelled Palaeolithic Period, also called Old Stone Age, ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools.
It is characterized by the use of a variety of fresh ingredients, minimal seasoning, and quick cooking (typically, by stir-frying).
The mode of teaching, geared to the general absence of literacy, was characterized by the use of formalized expressions (some of which are preserved in the New Testament).
Fly (order Diptera), any of several thousand species of insects characterized by the use of only one pair of wings for flight and the reduction of the second pair of wings to knobs (called halteres) used for balance.
One, characterized by the use of thick, jewellike enamels, is connected with the town of Aleppo; the other, notable for its exquisitely painted small-scale figural decoration, is attributed to Damascus.
