How to Use traditional in a Sentence

traditional

adjective
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  • Winslet paired the look with traditional black dress pants and pumps.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The condiment Tajín rims the glass in place of more traditional salt.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • One of the more traditional (and our favorite) ways to cook okra is to slice it and fry it in cornmeal.
    — Virginia Willis, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • That award went to Crispell, who also took traditional male artist of the year.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 July 2024
  • Thomas played 4 minutes in the second half, but the change left only one traditional big on the floor for much of the last 20 minutes.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Get ready to dance a jig to live Irish music and enjoy traditional Irish fare.
    — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And the range is wide: igloo, electric, raft, infrared, wood-burning, and traditional smoke saunas, to name a few.
    — Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Basic blue for the road, while at home the traditional Sox colors.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The way episodes 1 through 8 went, a traditional big villain fight finale seemed out of the question.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Oct. 2022
  • For those who are after the look and feel of a more traditional headphone, there are the Apple AirPods Max.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Peoplemag, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Starting on March 4, the market will return to its traditional time of 7 a.m. to noon.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 28 Jan. 2023
  • As one of my sources called it, the Rose Garden Strategy, a very traditional role.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • That means neither of these anonymous founding teams raised money in the traditional way to get their projects off the ground.
    — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The units would be a mix of both townhomes and more traditional apartment buildings.
    — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Since her time studying at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, her work essentially merged traditional craft and fine art.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The old Chinatown, west of the Strip, looks more traditional, with neon lights and an ornate entry arch.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • As is traditional with dragons, this one gobbled up anyone who tried to cross the marsh.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • This is traditional food, not unlike the taquitos La Pietra ate with his grandmother, though there are a few twists.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The pink gold version of the Saxonia Thin is more traditional, with a plain white dial.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The hook-and-loop tab top is casual and may look out of place in more traditional outdoor spaces.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The cost of the U.S. abandoning its traditional allies could be stark.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Hanukkah is simply the most widely used, while Chanukah is more traditional.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The pact, which commences this year, isn’t a traditional first-look deal, insiders say.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The property is also unique because it is made of stone, wood, and mud and is set under a latched roof — a traditional way of building in the desert.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • To have a 12-team playoff, the Rose Bowl would need to host a quarterfinal in its traditional and valuable Jan. 1 time slot.
    — Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The bright space is without bells and whistles, but filled with small traditional touches.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Wages have been stagnant since the 1970s and many traditional working-class jobs have vanished.
    — Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Plugging gear in the One Connect box is much easier than using the side and rear ports of more traditional TVs.
    — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The traditional spring football schedule will soon look a lot different.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Sticking to the series’ traditional hands-off attitude toward helping new players is an odd choice, especially at a point when the audience is rapidly growing.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025

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