How to Use untraditional in a Sentence

untraditional

adjective
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  • For the class of 2023, high school has been an untraditional experience, to say the least.
    — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
  • One of the chief complaints about Paul’s boxing run thus far has been his untraditional path.
    — Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The styling of the Corvair was unique and untraditional for American cars.
    — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 24 June 2019
  • Send the plant-lover in your life this untraditional bouquet.
    — Andie Kanaras, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The couple, who are now parents to one-year-old Malti Marie, had an untraditional start to their love story.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • Something about the untraditional Olympic sport spoke to him.
    — Kevin Reynolds, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Tim Cramer’s signature move was an untraditional split, with his front toe up and back toe down.
    — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2020
  • Lee, who grew up in Rhode Island, has had an untraditional path to studio chief.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Be very wary of people promising to help you in untraditional ways.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2022
  • This cacio e pepe is brightened with an untraditional squeeze of lemon and shower of zest.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • The researchers were not the first to use untraditional variables in their Turing equations.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The royal couple’s vows were untraditional in more ways than one.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Nikitina was not the only skater who decided to go with a more untraditional outfit and song.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
  • As Kathy and her fellow survivors healed, Sheriff Katsaris looked for ways to put the person who did this to them away … searching for clues in untraditional places.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Their untraditional life after retirement has kept the two busy but has ensured time for what means the most to their life—family.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Their untraditional take on business ownership presents new needs that have yet to be addressed by big banks.
    — Thomson Nguyen, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • But the threat of indictment hanging over the former president is just one reason that 2024 could unfold in the most untraditional of ways.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Calder Gardens, as the renderings show, will be jewel-box in scale and an untraditional art space in many ways, more of an oasis than a shiny new attraction.
    — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The mayor said young people have to be allowed to see and hear from teachers in person, even under these untraditional settings.
    — NBC News, 8 July 2020
  • McCary went the untraditional route for the special piece of jewelry.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The new photo marks the second time in just two weeks that the pair has played into the untraditional on-screen romance between their Succession characters.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In the midst of memes lay hundreds of (hilarious) tweets from Black women who are open about their affection for the untraditional rapper.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Our experts' tested three brushes with this untraditional shape, and this one was their favorite.
    — Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 24 May 2022
  • But new adult hunters have an untraditional entry into our sport.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The untraditional wedding cake has been baked, Prince William is Harry's best man, and the Queen has reportedly chosen a wedding gift for the happy couple.
    — Temi Adebowale, Town & Country, 19 May 2018
  • Steingold’s bagel of the month campaign features some very untraditional bagel and cream cheese pairings, with the bulk of the proceeds going to a different charity each month.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • For such a historic club—the Bel-Air Country Club opened in 1927—it might feel a bit untraditional to build a futuristic-style home within the golf community.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 9 May 2022
  • Yet on this Fourth of July 2020, there is one tradition still happening, but in an untraditional way.
    — Michael George, CBS News, 4 July 2020
  • With his wife, Marion Sandler, who died in 2012, Sandler was in the vanguard of untraditional home lending.
    — Laurence Arnold, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • While announcing Onyx's birth last month, Cannon urged critics of his untraditional views on monogamy to direct their attacks at him rather than at the mothers of his children.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022

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