Example Sentences

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Typifying the heated competition at the spot, Burns was one of the day’s other highlight players with back-to-back pass breakups in the end zone on passes intended for Lockett and DK Metcalf.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Typifying the early offensive sluggishness was the second drive — three straight Marshawn Lynch runs that netted just 9 yards.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Typifying this long-running lopsided matchup, almost all the could-go-either-way plays went to the Yankees, leaving the Twins largely shaking their heads at all their near misses.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2019

Typifying the government-led settlement of the Amazon, this process reached its apex under the 1964-1985 civilian-military dictatorship, when megaprojects like the Transamazon Highway were launched.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2018

Typifying the physical ultimate atom for the moment by a brick, any form in the atomic subdivision would be made by gathering together some of the bricks, and building them into a certain shape.

From A Textbook of Theosophy by Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster)