How to Use atypical in a Sentence

atypical

adjective

• The library is perhaps the most atypical part of the building.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Although the Nob fire is the first of the year, Sherwin said, its timing was not atypical.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• The Dodgers will have an atypical off-day between Games 1 and 2 to regroup.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• That isn't atypical as heart disease is also the top cause of death in the nation.
  — The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2022
• What’s atypical in this poll is the specificity brought to the question.
  — Jeanne Allen, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• What did stand out to both attorneys as atypical, though, was the speed at which his case moved through the court.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2023
• But then, such angst is not atypical for Democrats in an election year.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Here’s a closer look at those atypical beacons around the Alamo City.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2022
• Turnout for the union election was low, which is not atypical for union elections.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• That’s not atypical for a rookie bouncing back and forth from the minors.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
• For now, you’re left to dream (or shudder?) over the atypical and alluring items bound to attract crowds at the 2023 State Fair of Texas.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
• But in the Senate, a staff-run institution even in the best of times, that is hardly atypical.
  — Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• But as far as British lawmakers go, there is still so much about Sunak that is atypical.
  — Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• This Susan Cain book gives us an atypical perspective on the good that can come of sad things that happen to us.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 May 2022
• This is Rogers’ third year on varsity, but the first two seasons were atypical.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• Days at the Collab Crib are atypical, but one thing's certain: They're always filled with joie de vivre.
  — Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN, 7 May 2022
• The atypical bail plan was agreed to as part of his commitment to waive his extradition fight.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Dec. 2022
• That polity, the Austrian Empire, was atypical for its era, and can seem stranger still to us today.
  — Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
• The annals of pop music must be filled with good-to-great songs that never found listeners; in that sense, the first part of the Emersons’ story isn’t atypical.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• The atypical rash of inmate deaths led to a drumbeat of protests and calls for reform by civil rights and social justice groups as well as the Louisville Metro Council.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2023
• Then a 56-year-old mother of four, Betty had a somewhat atypical background for a first lady.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
• This is a unique gift because the spices are more atypical than the seasonings anyone can pick up at their local grocery store.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
• The weather is cold, but not atypical for the Rocky Mountain West, and the water resources are plentiful by desert standards.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• Featured Monday, what atypical number of school days are more and more schools returning to this year?
  — CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
• But that didn’t work for the Francine, whose symptoms were atypical for someone who was a very active dancer and choreographer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• The news comes amid reports of transmission patterns and symptoms atypical for the disease.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 3 June 2022
• Women with AFib are more likely than men to have atypical symptoms, such as weakness and fatigue.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 5 July 2023
• The hypocrisy over opposing defunding the police in 2020, but calling for the FBI to be defunded now, is clear – though not at all atypical.
  — Shaun Harper, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• But the Clinton story has a few atypical elements, too.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Flamingo Estate is full of atypical finds for outdoorsy types.
  — ELLE, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024