common run
Example Sentences
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“Cooper’s sophomore film far outshines the common run of contemporary biopics in its artful construction and attention to emotional nuance,” she writes of his efforts in Maestro, the story of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023
When you enter their mind-space you pass through an extreme gradient in worldview, a hard ontological shear that separates Singularitarians from the common run of humanity.
From Time • Feb. 10, 2011
When reporters asked which belonged to which, Garland said: "As to unmarried people living together, this is a matter of individual inclination, and not understood by the common run of social fabric."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Lawrence was not a physically passionate man; he was not more passionate than the common run of men, but less passionate."
From Time Magazine Archive
When we entered Mrs. Bouverie Barton's handsome rooms, we saw a great crowd of people whom even the most unobservant stranger would instantly have recognized as out of the common run.
From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant
