common room

Example Sentences

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On the evening of Jan. 15, 26 undergrads gathered for dinner in a common room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to debate the fairness of college admissions post-affirmative action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Some common room shapes include: rectangular, square, angled and curved.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Every airport guest — regardless of whether they identified as cis-male, cis-female or anything else — could just pop into the large common room, do their business, wash their hands and be on their way.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

After his top aide tweeted pictures of Mr. Fetterman working from the common room this week, several people posted responses claiming with no evidence that the photographs were staged and that Mr. Fetterman was incapacitated.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

There was much muttering in the common room about the fact that Harry had now chosen two of his classmates for the team.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling