How to Use traditional in a Sentence

traditional

adjective

• Popovich’s path to the NBA, and then to the role as coach of the Spurs, wasn't exactly traditional.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 8 Mar. 2022
• Winslet paired the look with traditional black dress pants and pumps.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• The condiment Tajín rims the glass in place of more traditional salt.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• One of the more traditional (and our favorite) ways to cook okra is to slice it and fry it in cornmeal.
  — Virginia Willis, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• That award went to Crispell, who also took traditional male artist of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 July 2024
• This means that the traditional wipe-off or spin-and-clean style devices mostly just spread the dirt around in the grooves.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2025
• My milk bread isn’t traditional by any means, but the end result gets you close.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Pops Staples didn’t mind; the tune is from a traditional gospel song.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• In a more traditional cop show kind of way, he'd either be brought down or go out in a blaze of glory.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• Thomas played 4 minutes in the second half, but the change left only one traditional big on the floor for much of the last 20 minutes.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023
• Get ready to dance a jig to live Irish music and enjoy traditional Irish fare.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• And the range is wide: igloo, electric, raft, infrared, wood-burning, and traditional smoke saunas, to name a few.
  — Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• Basic blue for the road, while at home the traditional Sox colors.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• And this is where Moscow inserts itself on the side of the defender of the faithful and the traditional.
  — CBS News, 6 July 2022
• The way episodes 1 through 8 went, a traditional big villain fight finale seemed out of the question.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Oct. 2022
• For those who are after the look and feel of a more traditional headphone, there are the Apple AirPods Max.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Peoplemag, 25 Nov. 2022
• Starting on March 4, the market will return to its traditional time of 7 a.m. to noon.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 28 Jan. 2023
• As one of my sources called it, the Rose Garden Strategy, a very traditional role.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• That means neither of these anonymous founding teams raised money in the traditional way to get their projects off the ground.
  — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
• The units would be a mix of both townhomes and more traditional apartment buildings.
  — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• The rise of neobanks has forced traditional banks to innovate.
  — Andrew Jamison, Fortune, 5 July 2022
• Since her time studying at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, her work essentially merged traditional craft and fine art.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
• The old Chinatown, west of the Strip, looks more traditional, with neon lights and an ornate entry arch.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• Cap: The cap design of this wig follows a more traditional style, featuring a full frontal lace with the middle to the back of the wig weft onto a cap.
  — Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 2 May 2025
• As is traditional with dragons, this one gobbled up anyone who tried to cross the marsh.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
• This is traditional food, not unlike the taquitos La Pietra ate with his grandmother, though there are a few twists.
  — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
• The pink gold version of the Saxonia Thin is more traditional, with a plain white dial.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The hook-and-loop tab top is casual and may look out of place in more traditional outdoor spaces.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
• Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 June 2025
• The plan hopes to recreate wooded areas to shelter rivers and re-establish more traditional cattle and sheep grazing practices — and building more affordable housing.
  — Simon Perry, People.com, 12 June 2025