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.
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The fan has the typical three speeds: low, medium, and high.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
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The typical chance of a such a storm is around 10 percent.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
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That’s the reverse of how typical M&A talks tend to go.
—Kiel Porter, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
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It was filled with art and textiles and all the trappings of typical town life.
—Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
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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
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The palate is robust, bold, sweet, and spicy, typical of high rye mash bill whiskeys.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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Here's what a typical chest and back day looks like in Filly's gym.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022
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The Yankees did not offer a free suite, which is typical for the club, even for the biggest stars.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The typical formation is four couples in the shape of a square.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
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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
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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
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Friends called and came by and said the typical condolences.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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As is typical in the spring, the number of homes on the market increased in March from the previous month.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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Well, in typical franchise fashion, the answer was, of course, not much.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2023
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David has been going to the End of the World since as early as 2008, long before dog walkers were typical.
—Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
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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
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And there was this idea to make a Moroccan village of typical Caidal tents.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 21 June 2024
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Discounts are typical in the industry and can go as high as 30%.
—Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
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Entries reached 180 boats this year but, as is typical, a few boats have withdrawn.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2022
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The map below shows our current water flow versus what would be typical this time of the year.
—Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
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Birria tacos The birria tacos are served along with the typical birria soup meant for dipping.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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The Milano Unica fair took place in a typical soulless convention center on the city’s edge.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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