First example
Type and first example are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Type" instead a noun phrase "First example".
Type
Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
Both terms in one sentence
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She certainly fits the first example of someone wise beyond their years (though she's 3000 years old), and when they're "steel gray", it usually means she's determined enough to fit the second type... not to mention royally pissed off.
Source: Gray Eyes -
She certainly fits the first example of someone wise beyond their years (though she's 3000 years old), and when they're "steel gray", it usually means she's determined enough to fit the second type...not to mention royally pissed off.
Source: Windows to the Soul -
Title of the Dead: While not the first example of the type, this was certainly the Trope Codifier, and countless zombie movies since have used some variant, either as a Shout-Out (Shaun of the Dead) or to Follow the Leader (The Return of the Living Dead series).
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