How To Use Commonplace In A Sentence

Scrabble to its list of more commonplace activity holidays, such as painting and gardening. Times, Sunday Times
No wonder that stories of its imminent demise are commonplace. Times, Sunday Times
Bibliomaniacs were censured, that is, for eschewing commonplace means of engaging the material traces of the literary past and commonplace means of cohabiting with the nation's literary tradition. "Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists
In ancient Egypt, charismatic prophecy apparently was not commonplace, if it occurred at all, though institutional prophecy was of the greatest importance.
Rebecca "brings the vitality of herself -- her offhand sense of her own consequence"; Mizzy "feels like a fantasy he's having, his own dream of self, made manifest to others"; Peter exhibits an artist whose video installations show ordinary citizens in repeated commonplace actions, but these figures "do, of course, each of them, carry within them a jewel of self, not just the wounds and the hopes but an innerness. Alan Hollinghurst On Michael Cunningham

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He frequently used such commonplace devices as rhetorical questions and other characteristic elements of diatribes.
An everyday tale of a commonplace ballet company!
his remarks were trite and commonplace
Upon the introduction of a new institution it is commonplace for analogies to be drawn with existing institutions.
Tangles were commonplace, mainly due to the fact that my rigs were shotted up wrong.
In too many places now, confit of duck approaches the commonplace.
Where ten years ago the machines were a relative rarity in Japan, they have now become commonplace. Times, Sunday Times
Will replacement of a hip joint become more commonplace?
And another thing too - when a malaise is as commonplace as 'street harassment/eve teasing' is, we become somewhat indifferent to it. Archive 2006-03-01
During the early part of this century, before Caesarean sections were commonplace or indeed safe, pelvimetry (measurements of the maternal pelvis) was frequently employed in an attempt to predict the outcome of labour.
The doctrine of God's "immanence" was almost a commonplace with Robert Browning
Whereas if only she had been dishonest, and therefore commonplace, she would either have chucked her given word to the devil, or the deep grey sea over which she stood, and cleared for her own happiness and a marriage licence; or kept her word in one sense while making deedy little plans of triangular pattern for future reference. Leonie of the Jungle
Strictly speaking, it means commonplace, undistinguished, but has come to mean pertaining to the people.
In the early nineties the quarry was an ugly eyesore on the local landscape with plant equipment visible for miles around and emissions of white dust across the local countryside commonplace.
Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow.
It is commonplace, she reports, for formerly AWOL soldiers to be "bribed" with offers of having all charges, or potential charges, dropped, as long as they accept deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Dahr Jamail: Where Will They Get the Troops? Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
She philandered with some of them up to the point where comparisons become inevitable, and, so long as they met her in a spirit of frank camaraderie, it was agreeable enough; but when, with their commonplace minds, they presumed to be sentimental, they became intolerable. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
That monotony of form, those commonplace cadenzas, those endless bravura passages introduced at haphazard irrespective of the dramatic situation, that recurrent _crescendo_ that Rossini brought into vogue, are now an integral part of every composition; those vocal fireworks result in a sort of babbling, chattering, vaporous mucic, of which the sole merit depends on the greater or less fluency of the singer and his rapidity of vocalization. Gambara
He soon discovered that death was a commonplace event.
Because of the inhumane nature of slavery, slave revolts became commonplace in Jamaica.
Debilitating injures were commonplace in work areas with slippery floors and stairways, and heavy unguarded machinery.
Pleated, flowered, straight or flouncy, ruffled, and ruched - even the more detailed designs have become commonplace to the point where we don't want to have anything to do with them.
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.
Gels are commonplace from lime Jell-o to invigorating minty shower gels.
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
Although the phrase intuitive eating is commonplace now, keep in mind that it wasn't at the time. Dr. Susan Albers: 5 Intriguing Facts About Intuitive Eating
It simply exists in an inoffensive and unexciting realm of commonplaceness that makes it incapable of standing out among the pack of infinitely better racers available for any of its chosen platforms.
Barack Obama is "arrogant," "dishonest," and "radical," Fox News 'Sean Hannity announced during a single 10-second chunk of prime-time TV last week -- a casually hateful appraisal that didn't even raise eyebrows, simply because that kind of blanketed disdain for the new president has already become so commonplace. Eric Boehlert: Unhinged in 30 Days: The Right-Wing Media's Obama Era Implosion
Anyhow, it's more than a little depressing how commonplace is Brewer's apparent assumption: that politics have little or nothing to do with morals and values. Television
For their generation, such tolerance was commonplace in maintaining the veneer of marital respectability. The Sun
Nowadays, major disclosures of the soon-to-be recipients of knighthoods and peerages are commonplace.
A commonplace event, one would assume on a hot day.
No wonder his pictures have become commonplace as posters. Times, Sunday Times
That kind of behaviour has been commonplace up until now. Times, Sunday Times
Frequent trips to the loo are commonplace, along with losing the power of speech.
Drinking is commonplace in our culture, so you shouldn't find it hard to camouflage the limits of your infatuation.
All in all, it seems that the commonplace pleasures of daily life contribute more to happiness than intense but unusual delights. MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE
The association of the chase of the hunt and the chase of sex is an anthropological commonplace.
Now 60 years on, the process has been repeated, but reversed, as the commonplace colour of modern films returns to nostalgic black and white.
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
As carbon levels continue to rise at a rate of around three ppm, such occurrences could become dangerously commonplace. Smithsonian
So maybe these dark practices are not as commonplace as people have been saying. Times, Sunday Times
While commonplace wisdom spurns escapism, practical experience sometimes calls for it.
Partly to reinforce the commonplace argument that there will always be a special cultural relationship between Scotland and England and that independence would not disrupt that.
Bleeding superstars, inebriated goalies and headhunting defensemen were commonplace.
Rewi Alley was a man whose greatness lies in his commonplaceness.
He's not at all exciting, in fact he's really rather commonplace.
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.
But Philip, as he frequently said, was preeminently a "practician," wherefore he gently covered the girl with his coat, busied himself with the lantern and, for various reasons, sought to create a general atmosphere of commonplace reality. Diane of the Green Van
After all, Martin reasoned, such retaliation is a commonplace of baseball, with brushback rhubarbs happening almost weekly every season.
The seemingly forward question sounded very trite and commonplace in the blunt honest tone she used.
It's a historical commonplace that this extraordinary cohort of Hitler's unwanted transformed their adopted country.
He wrote it down in his commonplace book because that was where he stored anecdotes on specifically ethical and political topics. The Times Literary Supplement
I am talking, not as a mere scholastic, but as a practical breeder with whom the application of Mendelian methods is an every-day commonplace. CHAPTER XXII
Jet travel is now a commonplace.
The commonplace pessimistic argument points out that since low interest rates have been good for the economy, higher interest rates will be bad.
Most of the critical treatises in the classical tradition are trite and commonplace.
Gymnastics is, like figure skating, a highly televisual sport where appeals are commonplace and rumours abound about the judging, and it is now under pressure to reform.
The performances on A Concept from Fire are technically flawless - but that is the bare minimum in an age where metal musicians practice constantly and shredders are commonplace.
The necessity of limiting the influence of the crown and excluding 'placemen' from the House of Commons had been one of the traditional Whig commonplaces, and a little had been done by Burke's act of 1782 towards limiting pensions and abolishing obsolete offices. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill
In a word, Liz will be quite a commonplace, average girl of the lower working-class…
Vegetarian barbecue riblets, vegan Southwest steak wraps, and dairy-free chocolate coconut-cream pie are just a handful of the hundreds of delicious, animal-free menu options now commonplace in dining halls across the nation. Ryan Huling: The Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges
Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town.
Since the smoking ban has been introduced the sight of people congregating around the entrance to a licensed premises has become commonplace.
The point is only driven home by seeing something that has become a commonplace represented as something surprising.
It is more than a commonplace book - a wonderful thing in itself, but anecdotal and made in the moment. Times, Sunday Times
Humanism was gradually replaced by a new international literary culture - ‘classicism’ - that recirculated and recycled an encyclopedic repertory of classical texts, mythologies, epigrams, and commonplaces.
The storm shakes me, like the scare that shook me up a year ago,(Sentencedict) tearing me from the commonplace.
He's often used commonplace materials as artist's supplies: those packing peanuts and dry-cleaner's hangers, as well as trash bags (he made an inflated igloo from white ones) and dying fluorescent bulbs (for light works you could barely see). Dan Steinhilber retrospective: Escaping definitions
As tastes for more exotic and specialist foods become more commonplace - the delicatessens that brought them here originally are going out of business.
Dusky seaside DNA is, as far as can be seen, identical to that of other, commonplace, sparrows nearby.
But facelifts and plastic surgery for pets are commonplace in the United States, where the pampering of pooches has become big business.
“because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, awww!” On the road: part one | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog
It's also one that mentions God as a source of inspiration: something that is rarely mentioned so plainly elsewhere but is a commonplace in country songs.
Walls unexpectedly meet at acute and obtuse angles rather than commonplace right angles.
But in the gray area of the Internet, activities that publishers call stealing are commonplace for many computer users.
He was, you might say, a poet of the uncommonplace: a philosopher of the unphilosophical, a historian of the unhistorical and a politician of the unpolitical.
He says the vandalism is so commonplace costs for groups to use the community hall are set to help cover the cost of repairs.
As I use to say, meanness is becoming commonplace for our people. Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
His bible-infused speeches have become as commonplace as his chimp-like pucker.
Relations between colliers and their employers were uneasy, often bitter; after decades of struggle, strikes were commonplace, absenteeism widespread.
Try not to let work politics become commonplace. The Sun
The unfortunate householder, for example, who is persuaded to keep walking in the conservatory "pour retablir la circulation," and the other who describes himself "sous-chef de bureau dans l'enregistrement," and he who proposes to "faire hommage" of a doubtful turbot to the neighbouring "employe de l'octroi" -- these and all their like speak commonplaces so usual as to lose in their own country the perfection of their dulness. Essays
But in the sixteenth century houses changed, a process which had begun much earlier but now became commonplace. The English Civil War: A People's History
I have entirely forgotten what it was, but deem it no great matter, inasmuch as there is a pervading commonplace and identicalness in the composition of extensive dinners, on account of the impossibility of supplying a hundred guests with anything particularly delicate or rare. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches
So maybe these dark practices are not as commonplace as people have been saying. Times, Sunday Times
Delayed shipments, misplaced orders and lost products were commonplace.
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.
Commonplace Lincoln Navigators appear around corners like escapees from a 1950's Japanese monster flick. Christina Nealson's SMA article (#11)
The survey showed committees were far more commonplace where trade unions had representation.
Nor will my modern versionist relegate to a foot-note, as is the malpractice of his banal brotherhood the interesting and often startling phases of his foreign author's phraseology and dull the text with its commonplace English equivalent -- thus doing the clean reverse of what he should do. Arabian nights. English
Diet, nutrition and sports science is commonplace at most clubs now and a British culture that revelled in too much of everything now looks to be a thing of the past.
Now a commonplace person would have been satisfied with the recommendation of the medical man, who looks but to the one thing needful, which is a sufficient and wholesome supply of nourishment for the child; but Mr Easy was a philosopher, and had latterly taken to craniology, and he descanted very learnedly with the doctor upon the effect of his only son obtaining his nutriment from an unknown source. Mr. Midshipman Easy
It has become a commonplace to say of biographies of Plath that they take sides.
The scene is commonplace enough; twaddle and tea, after tennis; "frivolling" -- it is their word; women too empty-headed and men too tired to do anything else. Appearances Being Notes of Travel
I had been through two mortally dull years (without travel), in commonplace, matter-of-fact Old England, where one can't get into a difficulty. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
They sanctimoniously aver that we defeated Al Qaeda, like a commonplace truth brooking no argument. Michael Vlahos: Did We Lose the War?
Big voter registration drives are a commonplace in presidential election years.
That kind of behaviour has been commonplace up until now. Times, Sunday Times
Discrimination against lesbians and gays in other areas of life is also commonplace.
Emily herself solved the problem, producing her commonplace with a friendly tentative smile. Emily Fox-Seton
Thanks to television, swearing and coarseness have become far more commonplace in our lives.
A commonplace material designed to bring order to a garden was poetically transformed to explore the activity of ordering in a gallery.
Headlines trumpeting federal and state fiscal problems are commonplace across the nation.
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
Dixon is the kind of ordinary hero who had become a commonplace of Ealing films during the war period.
Then he makes a characteristic move: you see how he is able to invest the ordinary, the commonplace, with mystery.
They all seem commonplace but have revolutionised our lives - and an equally great revolution is on its way. Times, Sunday Times
Some said that his words were commonplace, others complained of his want of theological doctrine.
If only humble life and commonplace incidents and unfigured rhetoric and bald language are the proper materials for the poetry, what shall be said of all literature, ancient and modern, until Wordsworth's day? English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
This conjunctive outcome was compared with an unlikely single event (a context in which, as noted above, the fallacy is commonplace).
Dada-ism, we find that the charm of the idea exists mainly in the fact that they wish all things levelled in the mind of man to the degree of commonplaceness which is typical of and peculiar to it. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets
The former is commonplace and condemnable, while the latter is true charity and reflects character.
It is clear that experiences of this kind are commonplace among elite players.
Once considered an anomaly, multichannel mic preamps are becoming more commonplace.
But it was really the 1920s and 30s that amusement machines really took hold and machines like the one illustrating this article were commonplace in fairgrounds and amusement arcades all over the country.
Nowadays, major disclosures of the soon-to-be recipients of knighthoods and peerages are commonplace.
Here was no commonplace, no Oakland Estuary, no weary round of throwing newspapers at front doors, delivering ice, and setting up ninepins. Chapter 6
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
Nudes were commonplace in the Salon—every worthy artist was expected to produce a gorgeously unclad Venus or Cleopatra. Still Turning Black to Light
In New York City, her outrage was as commonplace as a bluejay chirping in Central Park. A Kettle of Vultures
Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
Soon it will be commonplace for men to travel to the moon.
The novelty of the new popular poetry is not its mass appeal; that was a commonplace in American culture in the late nineteenth century.
My only knowledge of francophone Caribbean literature consisted of a few commonplaces and catchphrases.
And none of those reforms will end the wilful neglect of old people that seems to be commonplace in some hospitals. Times, Sunday Times
Graphic, gratuitous sex is as commonplace as graphic, gratuitous violence and no-one bats an eyelid.
To employ the commonplace lingo and designate the moustache as merely `a Handle-Bar ' would be to do it a deep injustice. BEHINDLINGS
Male infertility is becoming commonplace.
As equipment and high-bandwidth cabling become more commonplace, it's possible that sophisticated, multimedia teleconferences can be held from your own computer or even in a mobile setting.
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
First, keep in mind that the enemies of probiotics include such commonplace substances as antibiotics, birth control pills, aspirin, alcohol and stress.
Hip young Indians sipping tequilas and strutting their designer gear in trendy bars and discos are now commonplace.
The most commonplace events are also opportunities, life-determining choices made or not made.
It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship.
The novel ends by giving this commonplace message an unexpected and successful twist.
Attacks on unoffending furniture, equipment, or surroundings are so commonplace as to be hardly worth mentioning.
Rebecca "brings the vitality of herself--her offhand sense of her own consequence"; Mizzy "feels like a fantasy he's having, his own dream of self, made manifest to others"; Peter exhibits an artist whose video installations show ordinary citizens in repeated commonplace actions, but these figures "do, of course, each of them, carry within them a jewel of self, not just the wounds and the hopes but an innerness. Alan Hollinghurst On Michael Cunningham: The New York Review Of Books
I have often thought that you had just the kind of commonplace gifts that a host of commonplace people want to find at their service. Emily Fox-Seton
Perhaps it was too much temperament that made them turn from the commonplace and humdrum to find relief in the lying and fantastic sureties of John Chapter 21
I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new, fine turn to old commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections and awakens a sense of creativeness.
Porpoises, snow-white terns sitting on drifting wood, sea-eagles, ospreys, sea-snakes, sails, the smudge of steamer-smoke and its ten-mile plume, sunlit isles and speckless sky, with no sound save the purring of the engine and the prattle of the water against the bows — a catalogue of the commonplace, and yet stimulative of entertainment and content. Last Leaves from Dunk Island
Our age is too enlightened to contend upon topics which concern only the interests of eternity; the men who hold in proper contempt all controversies about trifles, except such as inflame their own passions, have made it a commonplace censure against your ancestors, that their zeal was enkindled by subjects of trivial importance; and that however aggrieved by the intolerance of others, they were alike intolerant themselves. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
It is commonplace for hotels, holidays and tradesmen. Times, Sunday Times
Sparked by the retail explosion of such brands as Under Armour and Nike Dri-FIT, perspiration-wicking polyesters and blends are becoming more and more commonplace in the promotional wearables marketplace.
Democracy under the Republic was decaying to the point at which political assassination was a commonplace.
Defeats have become almost commonplace, the latest of which was a 5-1 drubbing against Bristol City on Tuesday night.
Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home.
Very few of them were her fault, and in many ways she was dealing with them quite courageously, but, sadly, she had absorbed the dreamy attitude to keeping appointments that is commonplace to people on the dole, and she didn't show up.
If it really did come down to a commonplace usurpation, dominating usurpation, what could be more wounding? TESTIMONIES
Both dishes were proof that the sort of culinary self-indulgence and over-elaboration that has become commonplace in so many fish restaurants need not be a part of running a successful seafood restaurant.
Yet if “the commonplace is sometimes hardest to see,” Cording evokes it with exceptional skill and mastery of form (which includes an occasional rhyme). 2007 April 05 « One-Minute Book Reviews
Still, such practices in academe help legitimate the even more extreme forms now commonplace in corporate America.
With the now commonplace use of low tidal volumes one would expect more micro-atelectasis and it seems reasonable that higher PEEP might be needed to mitigate that tendency. Complex trials for complex condition can be ..well complex
A single solar system that produces two or more geneses tells us that life can begin and evolve whenever and wherever conditions allow, and that extraterrestrial life may well be an intergalactic commonplace. First Contact
My chief recollection of our journey to Berlin was its commonplaceness. Greenmantle
Security is missing and sexual assault is commonplace.
It has become commonplace for joggers and cyclists to monitor their pulse and performance. Times, Sunday Times
It is apodeictic that, while perhaps obscure, words like "skirr" and "periapt" serve uniquely expressive purposes and cannot be subrogated by other, more commonplace words. A malison on the poor of spirit.
Some scientists believe that soon it will be commonplace for people to travel to the moon.
It seems it is now commonplace in the evolution of the English language for nouns to become verbs: Googled, medalled as pronounced by Olympic swimming commentators to name a few. You strange people...
It's a commonplace that actors are dumb bunnies when they start talking about politics.
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes BoxingScene.com
Using a computer is becoming more commonplace and sometimes is an absolute necessity for your child to complete his homework assignments.
The early medieval chapter adopts the by-now-commonplace position that the history of Europe after the fall of Rome and the barbarian invasions was one of progress.
Now this approximation to commonplace is the great horror of shallow writers; and the way to avoid it appears to be this: -- Proclaim your thought at once, in all its crude candescence, before it has had time to cool and shape itself; then, in order to save your credit with the more captions and scrutinizing, give, at some convenient interval, such an explanation or modification as will show that, after all, you were as wise as your reader. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
baptized for the dead , but interpretations of the phrase vary widely, and it's unclear whether the practice was ever commonplace. Slate Articles
One can only surmise it reflects a continuation of interventionist policies in foreign conflicts, where their presence will be of questionable value as guerrilla warfare becomes commonplace. Times, Sunday Times
The commonplace book fixes time and arrests fading memory. Times, Sunday Times
His methods of consolation, his pulling of himself together -- it was all extremely commonplace, but then he was an essentially commonplace man, and saw things unconfusedly, one at a time, with no entanglement of motives or complicated searching for origins. The Wooden Horse
As segregation and violence became commonplace, the national government expressed no willingness to enforce a new racial order.
A stream of mailed flyers, emails and more pertaining to hearing loss and restoration is very commonplace and yes, I sometimes, and inwardly sometimes reluctantly read about the latest in hearing technological miracles which supposedly grace our lives today. Developing An Ear for Spanish
Spyware is rife and virus infection commonplace yet many home users reckon they are safe from online threats.
One is an ethical commonplace, that slavery is intrinsically barbaric, regardless of the particular identification of the slaveholders and the enslaved.
So much more interesting than the flat, filmed performances with irritating cutting that are now commonplace.
It sometimes reads like the most self-indulgent and maundering commonplace book, pregnant with ideas and jottings, their author unwilling or unable to develop them cogently.
Insults to public intelligence and rank stupidity became commonplace.
What Clinton phrases as a commonplace has not been located in midwifery treatises; Gouge, however, does employ the phrase "The drawing forth of a womans milke by her childe is a means to get and preserve a good stomach, which is a great preservative of good health" (Of Domesticall Duties, L12r). The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie
It has become commonplace for joggers and cyclists to monitor their pulse and performance. Times, Sunday Times
Their leaders have learned the hard way that, within their well-managed tropical island states, no election verdict, no constitutional custom or habit, no parliament’s decision, no ordinary citizen’s commonplace prerogative is safe from an intrusive America whose caprices and policies are neither fairer, nor more predictable, nor more morally conscionable than the vagaries of hurricanes. Happy Independence Day, Haiti
The fact that a product that is commonplace in one corner of the world could rocket in value when transported elsewhere is what drove these men. Times, Sunday Times
He is an accomplished devil, wearing the guise of a New-York man of fashion and fortune, -- a devil such as tempts every person thrown into the vortex of our daily commonplace life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861
He paced about his apartments, feeling a sort of physical delight, opening his window and looking out on the commonplace garden through which so many ministers had passed and which he called, as so many before him had done: _My garden_. His Excellency the Minister
The final pages are full of journalistic commonplaces - ‘Western-style consumerism is unsustainable on a global scale’.
In regard to its meanings, it indicates lowness, coarseness, or commonplace mentality.
Moreover, the use of disclaimers to insulate estate agents and their principals from responsibility for representations was commonplace and the normal basis on which house sales were carried out.
It's always good to have critical commonplaces questioned, even if you end up reaffirming them.
Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down from the shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which he placed his cuttings. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Especially after having been in several cities in the past year or so, such as Washington, DC and Montreal, where jaywalking is commonplace, and the only way you'll get yourself a ticket in those cities is if you're obviously putting your own safety in danger. Sound Politics: The Nanny State Lives!
He insists that what he is doing is to configure the commonplace issues of ordinary life.
More important, I think, is the general point that using the tax code to to encourage or discourage certain behaviors by manipulating tax burdens is a commonplace. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pretending that no law professors question Obamacare
By the 1870, ferns were so commonplace that they were no longer considered a symbol of refined taste.
Drug busts and anti-social behaviour are commonplace. The Sun
Social interaction Microcomputers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.

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