How to Use typical in a Sentence

typical

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  • 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
  • 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
  • But the Paia location was seeing about a fifth of typical sales, said Jimenez.
    — Julia Wick, Jaweed Kaleem, Christopher Reynolds and Emerson Drewes, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In typical fashion, Seeling beat the odds and returned for the season opener March 21.
    — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • According to Goldy, a manager dressed in a floor-length silver-gray pleather gown, a typical selection at W Salon is at least $2,000.
    — Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024

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