TYPIFY in a Sentence

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1. There sat Grandmother Majauszkiene, unrelenting, typifying fate.
2. Miss Gertrude Farish, in fact, typified the mediocre and the ineffectual.
3. He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.

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 Meanings and Examples of TYPIFY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
typify
 v.  represent; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
Classic Sentence:
1  He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
2  Miss Gertrude Farish, in fact, typified the mediocre and the ineffectual.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
3  There sat Grandmother Majauszkiene, unrelenting, typifying fate.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence:
1  Since most employers in USA are white, the analysis of the ways they typify employees is an important component of understanding labor market.