How to Use typify in a Sentence

typify

verb

• His heroic actions typified the courage of all the firefighters at the scene.
• The decor typifies the elegance of royal residences.
• He typifies what a professional athlete should be.
• Gothic architecture is typified by soaring rooflines and stained glass.
• And the best of them, of course, both typify and transcend those eras.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2021
• It is typified by shortness of breath and by coughing up frothy, pink fluid.
  — Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
• One play typified Texas’ return to the win column.
  — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
• Nobody typified their late resurgence better than the young winger.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• That type of attitude, wanting what's best for the team, seemed to typify Walsh.
  — Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Venable avoids falling into the wolfish smarm that typifies the shopping-show genre.
  — Hal Sundt, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• This attitude typified why Quentin likes Bill by his side.
  — Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
• That move — rapid, direct and lethal — typified the difference between the two sides.
  — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
• This typifies the drive to make stadiums belong.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• At best, many of the early scientists had ideas that typified the racist societies of their times.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
• The system doesn’t typify one-note characters, just as real life shouldn’t.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• His second-minute strike to open the scoring typified how Mexico played on this night.
  — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, 15 June 2019
• Looping through subway cars and train platforms, the show typified a fluid urban grit.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Dec. 2019
• The night was typified on the stat sheet by UConn’s first-half rebound total — seven.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• In many ways, the role Reynolds is most well-known for is also the one that typifies his career and his public persona.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 6 Sep. 2018
• That was typified by the empty seats before full time as fans rushed to beat the evening traffic, and the chorus of boos at the final whistle.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• Such form was typified by right-back Lucy Bronze, who drilled home a golden second-half effort to score her team's third.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 27 June 2019
• The fun, bass-heavy sound embraced the joie de vivre that typifies Abidjan, a city known for its legendary partying.
  — Ciku Kimeria, Quartz Africa, 17 Aug. 2019
• This passage typifies one of the shortcomings of Fishman’s book.
  — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• No sequence typified Hendricks’ home/road splits better than his first two starts in August.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• The previous five weeks had been another one of the roller coaster rides that have typified the fifth-year forward’s career.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• Gleerup also notes that Pedersen typified the humble spirit of the towns.
  — Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2019
• That typified the diligent approach Tatum has taken to his recovery.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• The pieces do not feature the same scenes of radiant angels or images of Christ that typifies some of Kaphar’s work.
  — Robert Daniels, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
• Monograms are luxury typed and typified.
  — Brandon Kaipo Moningka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• Few couples typify the '90s like Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 July 2017