How to Use typical in a Sentence

typical

adjective

• It was his typical response.
• We wanted him to have the typical college experience of living on campus.
• It was a typical Saturday night for us.
• The fan has the typical three speeds: low, medium, and high.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
• The typical chance of a such a storm is around 10 percent.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• That’s the reverse of how typical M&A talks tend to go.
  — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• It was filled with art and textiles and all the trappings of typical town life.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• Tobin made sure the crew got the chance to taste some of the props, like a typical 1960s cake that people got to take home.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• The Vancouver Rat Project found that, in a typical day, the city’s brown rats stay within the length of a city block.
  — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
• Most of the boats in the event were typical kayaks and canoes that can be seen on the rivers but these came with extra bling.
  — Hg Biggs, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2024
• Far from the typical empty gesture, the seed of the idea grew to be the project that would reinvigorate them.
  — Max Pilley, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2023
• On a typical summer day at Belmont, the swells come at you like smooth knee-high ramps.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• In typical Pastrana fashion, he's just thrilled for the chance to do something fun in a car.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
• Aside from the fight being eight two-minute rounds, both the men will wear heavier 14-ounce gloves instead of the typical 10-ounce gloves.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
• But that is typical for Burns, said Matthew Rhys, who stars and has been friends with him for several years.
  — Chris Vognar, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• Well, in typical franchise fashion, the answer was, of course, not much.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• Think about them as kind of reversing the questions asked in your typical Google Maps search.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• And there was this idea to make a Moroccan village of typical Caidal tents.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 21 June 2024
• In typical Trump fashion, his speech touched on go-to topics for him, such as the 2020 election and his take on where the party should head in the future.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2023
• The room is filled with tens of other typical teenage girls—bright, focused, awkward.
  — Gugu Mbatha-Raw, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2022
• The hint to her new album is typical of Swift, who often leaves breadcrumb trails for fans to follow.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
• The subsequent back and forth was typical of the entire debate.
  — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
• Unlike typical whirlpool tubs, this one doesn’t have to be built into a surround.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2024
• Morales finds that, because en suite is not typical in her market, buyers aren't turned off when a home doesn't have it.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2024
• But post-wash, the fabric still felt soft, although a little more wrinkled (again, this is typical of linen and hemp sheets).
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
• The credit ratings firm said the review could take longer than the typical three-month period.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
• But the invitation was not just the typical letter or email.
  — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
• As is typical, no vote total was given for the decision not to take up Finney’s case.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• The only thing that's better than a typical Christmas song is one sung by a drag performer.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 19 Aug. 2022
• Your typical can of BKF contains oxalic acid, and a few other abrasives and surfactants that soften grease and remove calcium, lime and other alkaline build-up.
  — Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024