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
If you look at the way that choice occurs in common speech, both within the United States and in Ireland, it tends to co-occur with consumer things.
From Slate • May 16, 2022
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 others all walked around Dragonwings while Father explained things between bites of meat dumpling, trying to convert the jargon of aeronauts into common speech.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
