COMMON in a Sentence

Learn COMMON from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
389 example sentences for COMMON, such as:
1. A common danger causes common action.
2. We had a surprising amount in common.
3. All the love stories have something in common.
4. I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
5. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of COMMON
common
 a.  commonly encountered
 n.  a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Even while she felt the hot blood of wrath still in her cheeks, something in Scarlett's practical mind prompted the thought that what this man said was right, and it sounded like common sense.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  But she'd already acted common enough today, enough like white trash--that was where all her trouble lay.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  She had her shyness, her sudden blushes, her modesty, but she did have common sense--"Of a sort, I'll admit that," Scarlett thought grudgingly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  It shocked her to realize that anyone as absolutely perfect as Ashley could have any thought in common with such a reprobate as Rhett Butler.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  Other people might call his utterances treachery but, to Scarlett, they always rang with common sense and truth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  She had always thought that only common vulgar men visited such women.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  You seem to be a young woman of common sense, so spare me your blushes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  Old and young, talkative and taciturn, rich planter and sallow Cracker, they all had two things in common, lice and dysentery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  Now, I know that in order to support my wife and child, I will have to make my way among a world of people with whom I have nothing in common.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  This overdressed, common, nasty piece of poor white trash was coming up the steps of Tara, bridling and grinning as if she belonged here.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  She knew it was a common, childish gesture but it made her feel better.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  But this was worse-- these low common creatures living in this house, bragging to their low common friends how they had turned the proud O'Haras out.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
13  For a moment she almost did, but the cold hand of common sense held her back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  Frank, in common with all men he knew, felt that a wife should be guided by her husband's superior knowledge, should accept his opinions in full and have none of her own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  And since Ellen's death, there had always been Melanie, though she and Melanie had nothing in common except the hard work at Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence: (179 in 12 pages)
1  When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.
2  A common danger causes common action.
3  Doctors have warned against complacency in fighting common diseases.
4  With the current job situation, age discrimination in employment is becoming more common.
5  Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
6  I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
7  Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in this country.
8  We had a surprising amount in common.
9  Monogamy is rare in most animal groups, but is common among birds.
10  Persistence is the common trait of anyone who has had a significant impact on the world.
11  The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
12  Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
13  All the love stories have something in common.
14  The lack of a common language made it very difficult to intercommunicate.
15  I found a very mixed group of individuals some of whom I could relate to and others with whom I had very little in common.