common sort
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“I do think that the board and the mayor have a common sort of goal of ... trying to solve some of these problems that the electorate seems to still be quite upset about.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
Now that's all threatened because of scandals of the common sort in the Philippines�election cheating, graft�and Arroyo's handling of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, Harrison took more kindly to the common sort than Shakspere did in his plays.—F.
From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William
"It's such a common sort of smell in the evening," went on Jessie.
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
The common sort is G. nivalis, which blossoms on the first break of the winter frosts; G. Imperoti, G. Elwesi and G. plicatus have larger flowers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
