How to Use type in a Sentence
type
verb- How fast can you type?
- I never learned how to type.
- She asked her secretary to type a memo.
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That’s a painful list to type out, much less read.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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My thumbs can only type so fast.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Dammit, now my left typing hand just cramped up as well!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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There are some stories in there that are typed eight-pagers.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
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Both give ample room for my hands to stretch out and type.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
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Tap the emoji icon and then type in the search field at the top.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Jan. 2023
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New users who click our links won’t need to type in any promo code.
—cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
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Jessie soon told him that his phone had been hacked and was typing on its own.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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Get a custom poem typed on the spot and more.
—Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
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Letters should be typed in the body of the message.
—Footwear News, 7 Mar. 2026
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Go to any people-finder site right now and type in your name.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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For points leagues, simply type in the value next to each stat.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Hold it down, type the command, and then release it.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Learn how to try the trend and which anchor types the bar tool supports.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026
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White then typed out the entry on colons and mailed it to the young writer.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Both teams played exactly to type.
—Bryan Preston, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
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Rochelle typed six section signs — § — in a neat column at the top of the page.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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My teenage niece and nephew for a long time would just make fun of us by typing out their tap backs.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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Find your nearest one by typing in your zip code online.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
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The team was in need of someone to type scouting reports.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 11 May 2026
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Millions of us cannot type as quickly or as well from our smartphones.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
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The user who typed the prompt is a candidate.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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Whether it was written or typed isn’t why this is happening.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
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The victim doesn’t type anything.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
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Most of her boldest statements have been typed, not spoken out loud.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
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Just type in your zip code to see which local channels are available in your area.
—Maddie Topliff, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2022
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For students who prefer to type, the pages are printable, too!
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
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