common speech
Example Sentences
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District Judge Lewis Kaplan oversaw the Carroll case and ruled last year that Trump's actions met the definition of rape in common speech.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
In a part of the world where biblical language often finds its way into common speech, some people speak of the week’s events in passionate floods of verbiage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Word choice or grammatical issues could make Ms. Klobuchar especially furious, not only in prepared text but also in office meetings or common speech.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2019
The Public Theater even tries to equate Miranda’s embrace of common speech with Shakespeare’s in its program note.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
The people still told the old stories in the common speech, and some of them were written down, although by whom or when we do not know.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
