How to Use prototypical in a Sentence

prototypical

adjective
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  • But the 6-foot-6 Reed has the size and stroke to be a prototypical 3-and-D guard.
    — Scott Bordow, azcentral, 13 July 2018
  • The company, the prototypical stay-at-home stock, is on a tear, up 48.8% in the past year.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 2 July 2020
  • He was named to the Mackey Award watch list last month, and, when healthy, is the prototypical tight end mold with his mix of size, speed and hands.
    — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2021
  • But neither are the prototypical one-and-done stars the Jayhawks tend to land.
    — Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Cauley-Stein — a prototypical big man who can run the floor and throw down alley-oop dunks — is the type of center Kerr tends to start.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The soon-to-be 30-year-old is the definition of a prototypical No. 2 tight end.
    — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2018
  • There are just as many ways to make art as there is art itself, which is why there’s no prototypical artist’s house.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Although not prototypical in size, Leary has the arm strength to get the ball where it is needed and has enough speed to get out of jams under a heavy pass rush.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Blue, too, has done its market research, and the prototypical space tourist appears to be a wealthy man who is a Star Trek fan.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Goss is a little thin right now, but his frame is that of a prototypical tackle.
    — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Their Eliot Ness is a prototypical amber, maltier than a lager, but not as stout as, well, a stout.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2020
  • He really wasn't hired as a prototypical head coach in the first place.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The Orioles do not have a prototypical leadoff man for the modern game — a good hitter who walks and steals bases.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • In the press, the prototypical Appalachian still looks like a white man in Carhartt and coal miner’s helmet.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
  • George Karlaftis has the prototypical size to play as a defensive end in an even front.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2021
  • He's completely affirmed his status as the prototypical center after the Colts took him in the first-round of the draft in 2016.
    — Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2021
  • Strictly in terms of build, Swinson might be the most prototypical of Oregon’s edge players to be at end.
    — oregonlive, 31 May 2021
  • Listed at 6-foot, 229 pounds, Harmon doesn’t have the height of the prototypical linebacker.
    — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Smith is 6-foot-9 with a prototypical frame and explosiveness to play above the rim.
    — Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Guyton played right tackle for the Sooners, but has the prototypical size and premium athletic traits to switch to the left side in the pros.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Franks, a four-star recruit with prototypical size and arm strength, sat out last year while learning the offense and bulking up.
    — Larry Lage, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • And not just from Shinoda, the group’s emcee, but via a cadre of underground rappers, the kind not likely on the radar of the prototypical Linkin Park fan in 2002.
    — Patrick Hosken, Billboard, 31 July 2017
  • But so many people still think of you as Pacey Witter, or as Charlie Conway, the prototypical good guys of our youth.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • To many fans, he was known as the prototypical insult comic.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Procter looks like the prototypical old-school beauty queen: flowing blonde hair, bright smile and a face fine enough for a porcelain doll.
    — Amanda Coyne, Cosmopolitan, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Cast Away is maybe the most prototypical survival movie in the history of survival movies.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Vassell still checks many boxes and is an ideal fit for the wing-needy Cavs, profiling as the prototypical 3-and-D prospect.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Despite not having a prototypical center on the roster, no one over 6-foot-7 who played in that game, the Rockets won.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2020
  • But these friends weren’t the prototypical white bros glorified in every comedy of the time.
    — Mara Reinstein, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
  • Jackson, meanwhile, is a more of a prototypical deep safety.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2024

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