typify
verb (used with object)
to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
had typified
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past perfectof typify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That little touch may be key in reviving the Red Bulls season — nobody had typified the team’s struggles this year more than the Englishman.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2016
Henrietta, struck dumb by that announcement, and feeling the situation wrested from the control of her young hands, stared at the slight figure which had typified beauty for her since she first saw it.
From The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young
If Kathrien had typified all that was dainty and alluring in the room's Dutch art, the man who now stamped in from the front vestibule, assuredly was typical of all old Holland's solidity.
From The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play by John Rae
He inherited the moribund traditions that the older Cato had typified some centuries ago.
From Caesar Dies by Talbot Mundy
Art had typified in form, thought, and expression everything of which the Italian race was capable.
From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
