common sort
Example Sentences
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“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
Always supposed, though, she was a common sort of woman.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram
"People do say that something out of the common sort passes along the road and turns down the other road leading to Clayton and Brighton; but I pays no attention to what them people says."
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
These pass to and fro over the bridges, gathering tidings from forgotten realms; and much of majesty and worth that escapeth the common sort is apparent unto them.
From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)
