Words similar to archetype

Example sentences for: archetype

How can you use “archetype” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The bato loco is tantamount to an archetype in Chicano culture; he is that crazy guy who isn’t afraid of life.
A third-rate mystery tricked out with a great cast and some tony cinematography, the movie unspools like an elderly director's swan song--a bitter, late-Romantic threnody for the lost integrity of an American archetype, co-opted by the evils of a shabbily materialistic culture.
Is Henry the archetype of the Hero, Machiavellian or otherwise?
Though there is much that Carey takes from Dickens, he manages to separate his story from its archetype quite easily.
While they may work in TriBeCa, drink Diet Coke and eat day-old pizza for breakfast, and wear mostly black, the brothers don't fit the archetype of the New Media honcho.