But Tomlinson's 4-yard scoring run in the second quarter could not have better typified the type of season it has been for San Diego.
That is better typified by his competitors in the category, 33-year-old Hari Kunzru and Tariq Goddard, 27 - or by Jonathan Safran Foer, wunderkind winner of the Guardian First Book award, or by any number of moody young things from Granta's list of best young British novelists.
There was a clear resilience running through the visitors' ranks and perhaps no single moment typified that better than when Jesús Navas charged back into his own area on 58 minutes to prevent Marko Arnautovic from having a shot on goal.
The situation at Zawya, nominally one of the better detention centres in Libya, typifies that country's approach.
In other words, the first two measures exemplify the 'less is better' state and the last measure typifies the 'much is better' one.
Auguste Rodin insisted the old way of depicting a gallop, typified by Theodore Gericault, was better.
A spirit of creativity typifies the best breweries.
Many of his team-mates have enjoyed better campaigns overall, but the Japan forward typifies Leicester's fight, selflessness and tactical intelligence.
This self-effacement, mixed with a dark hint that he had actually contributed something better than "donkey work" to the computer, typified the cryptic way he spoke of himself.
The song's refrain, "I know to be with you, gotta be a better man, can't do the things I do," typifies Uryki's writing style, which often tackles complex human emotions with elegant economy.
