How to Use norm in a Sentence

norm

noun

• She scored well above the norm in math.
• Women used to stay at home to take care of the children, but that's no longer the norm.
• Smaller families have become the norm.
• That was the norm in sleepy races until the late 1970s.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022
• Reader might change that norm at the end of this season.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• That level of per-capita loans was 45% above the U.S. norm.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
• Short attention spans and get-rich-quick schemes are now the norm.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• So the inclusion of the revenge dress marks a departure from the norm on the show.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 26 Nov. 2022
• But the past two seasons have been departures from the norm.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
• Art reflects the social norms of the era in which it’s made, and the early-to-mid-2000s marked the height of a moral panic about weight.
  — Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
• That figure is well below the historic norm, the firm added.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
• This isn’t to say a night like Saturday has become the norm.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2023
• But the Care School is dedicated to the belief that such norms can be changed.
  — Christina Noriega, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
• Rain Pryor grew up in a house where outrageous speech was the norm.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2023
• Tieghan Gerard grew up as one of eight kids, so her norm for mealtimes was just a bit of chaos.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 9 Dec. 2022
• While this cycle has been the norm, dry spells are getting longer and hotter.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023
• But, like any wave, time passes, and even this novel style gets old and becomes sort of a norm.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
• The way she’s taught me and every artist out here to break rules and defy industry norms.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• The way she's taught me and every artist out here to break rules and defy industry norms.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Martha Roberts of The Colour File strayed from the norm by covering her plant in an array of vibrant hues.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
• Joey King is breaking beauty norms in the dystopian film Uglies.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• The five innings Yamamoto threw Friday against the Padres has been closer to the Dodgers’ norm.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2024
• This norm has been breaking down for some time, but vestiges of it still remain.
  — The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2023
• The uncertainty and norm-busting is enough to make Mitchell throw up his hands.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• These are examples of norms that have to be followed and they’ve been transgressed.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 3 Aug. 2024
• The sky-high current dividend yield compares with a ten-year norm of about 3.3%.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• That subsided a couple of weeks ago, and things settled down to the local norm.
  — oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• Your seat for this aural bliss is a comfy perch with softer padding than the BMW norm.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
• Rather than being a loss for Washington, however, the resulting web of relationships enabled the United States to work with and through its friends to help shape the bank’s rules, norms, and practices.
  — Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
• The command center approach, borrowed from space missions and military operations, is becoming the new norm for high-stakes business maneuvers.
  — Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024