archetypal
Example Sentences
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Or is it only the archetypal Oedipus and Antigone who fascinate us?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Ms. Strout has developed her true mastery in an archetypal mode, writing stories that resemble secular parables or everyman morality dramas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
His early characters were consistently archetypal, plucked from the average high school experience.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
This is in some ways the archetypal Lois Weisberg story.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing archetypal
300 Most Difficult "SAT" Words
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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"'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Vocabulary from the argument
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