How to Use the norm in a Sentence

the norm

noun

• Cool days have not been the norm in the D.C. area this month.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
• Palatial lobbies are the norm in this part of the world.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• But back in the Mesozoic, toothed little mouths were the norm.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• In this stage, winning at all costs is the game and playing dirty is the norm.
  — Ray Dalio, TIME, 25 June 2024
• None of us are down here very long, so why can’t kindness be the norm?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
• But for rabbits and hares, large females were the norm.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• In the world of mixology, savory drinks are not the norm.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
• The ground constantly moves and cracks around you, and avalanches are the norm.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
• As was the norm, the locals looked at them oddly while the village kids would dance.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024
• Potter said that in his town, buying your child a phone for sixth-grade is the norm.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024
• However, the flip side is the stress of the busy season, with 60+ hour workweeks being the norm for the first four months of the year.
  — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• Straying from the norm, he is set to take all of his official visits in the fall.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
• While hybrid work is the norm, Hobsbawm thinks that might not be the case in the coming years.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
• In some of the largest U.S. cities, earning six figures isn’t a benchmark — it’s become the norm.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 11 July 2024
• But for now, these layoffs appear to be the exception, not the norm.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
• Most of us are familiar with workplaces where low trust is the norm.
  — Sammy Rubin, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Before that, asking more fluent friends to help get the phrasing and flow right was the norm.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
• Asheville’s flood woes are compared to 1916, when in fact mules hauling supplies were more the norm.
  — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
• This surge in the storm required everything to go right amid a game where that was anything but the norm.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• That status remained the norm for the first months of the cataclysmic current war.
  — Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
• If this became the norm, hungry tourists might leave with more than a full stomach.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Oct. 2024
• While not all Floridians are paying the same sky-high rate, the numbers are still way above the norm.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
• Such choice screens are the norm in other markets such as the European Union.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
• This design will likely become the norm for even base iPhones in the next release waves.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
• Frequent absences have become the norm in many schools.
  — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• The way his free kicks are delivered, Savarese said, are just a bit more dangerous than the norm.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
• There’s a lot of hype about simple items that should be the norm that companies are doing.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Approval for Elon Musk’s record-breaking pay package is the norm.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 June 2024
• Pilots used to be the norm for all TV networks and studios, but that has also changed amid the rise of streaming.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
• So see a doctor if any of this sounds like the norm for you, or if the occasional bloody taste in your mouth during exercise gets worse over time.
  — Katie Camero, SELF, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024