How to Use not the type in a Sentence
not the type
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Jeanne Bécu was not the type of woman to do as she was told.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2023
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Simons, Billups said, is not the type of player to ask for the ball.
—oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
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Chandler is not the type of person to bask in the limelight.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
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My husband was not the type of person who liked to be told what to do.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
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Wagner is not the type to sit back and study the pitcher.
—Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022
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These are not the type of games Heisman Trophies are won on.
—Stephen Means, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
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The team features alphas, said Holan, but not the type of players who demand the ball.
—Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
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But that’s not the type of highlight the team was aiming for coming out of spring training.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
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But that’s not the type of highlight the team was aiming for coming out of spring training.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
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This is not the type of ending where there’s forgiveness.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
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Nelly is not the type to be defeated for too long, so the end is a reset for her.
—Iris Fanger, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2022
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Nowadays, Ritter is hooked on quilts, but not the type one nestles in at night.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022
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This is obviously not the type of channel that is for kids!
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 July 2022
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Georgia Tech is probably not the type of school that's going to pull the plug this early.
—Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 18 Sep. 2022
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No, not the type that keeps your lights on, although that would be interesting.
—Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 18 Aug. 2022
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The first reviews, which dropped June 6, are solid, but not the type of notices received by The Dark Knight, considered the greatest film of the genre.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
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The first reviews, which dropped June 6, are solid, but not the type of notices received by The Dark Knight, considered the greatest film of the genre.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
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Adams also told them that her son is not the type of person to abandon his family.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
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This is not the type of win we are used to seeing, and certainly not one producers are used to showing.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
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For starters, this is not the type of concert that encourages listening in silence.
—Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
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The writer James Patterson is not the type of rich person who refuses to talk about being rich.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
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Bourdain was not the type of celebrity who stuck to private lessons designed to keep faces unblemished and egos unbruised.
—Alexander Darwin, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
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By his own admission, Mercer is not the type to let many people know him really well.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
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And anyways, Demna is not the type of designer to find refuge by hiding behind someone else’s ideas.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
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Tomas is not the type to paper over differences in order to sustain an unstable unity.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Conclusion Lillard is not the type of player to make excuses or lose confidence.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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That’s not necessarily the case anymore, not the type of product people are desiring.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 July 2023
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But relationships with books aren’t always smooth sailing, and McCarthy’s eighth graders are not the type to let their literature down gently.
—Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
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Michael’s not the type of guy who’ll be happy selling real estate for his father (Paul Guilfoyle, given too little to do) and wearing a pink shirt with the company’s logo.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
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Scott had a reputation for being diligent and hardworking, maybe a tad arrogant, but not the type to make rousing speeches in the locker room at halftime.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
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