Example sentences for: typecasting

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

  • The hype commences, with critics pronouncing Steven Spielberg's World War II epic "a movie of staggering virtuosity" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). Reviews dwell on the gory 25 minute opening battle scene, emblematic of Spielberg's new obsession with verisimilitude: "[O]ne of the greatest, most appalling things ever done in movies" (David Denby, New York ). Applause also goes to Spielberg for bucking war movie typecasting with Everyman Tom Hanks and such unmacho hunks as Matt Damon and Edward Burns.

  • The wistful conclusion: "[P]erhaps films would have allowed him to evade the gangsta rap typecasting forced on him by the music industry" (Richard Harrington, the Washington Post).


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