archetypal

Example Sentences

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“Magwitch is such an archetypal figure, someone who seems to have broken free, be outside the law,” Harris said.

From New York Times

Ms. Ramirez compared the moment to the archetypal 20th-century revival scene where a person who could not previously walk throws down their crutches in triumph.

From New York Times

Ruth would be an archetypal “cool” grandma were it not for her haughty bite and startling directness.

From New York Times

“I wondered what my childhood would have been like if… I could have seen girls on horses who didn’t look or perform like archetypal rodeo queens,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times

Any sport in need of a new standard-bearer would be overjoyed to have Zolotic, who emerged at the Olympics as an archetypal combat sports star.

From Seattle Times