commoners

Example Sentences

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But old resentments—over the burdens that fell on commoners, or how the wealthy and accomplished had been excluded from privileges—shaped grievances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

While the Italian master depicted commoners lighted by candlelight, Debora’s work illuminates the type of people he grew up with in the Aliso Village housing projects in Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Many Danish and Norwegian royals also send their children to public schools - and it helps that the three heirs to the Nordic thrones have all married commoners.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

It’s nice that Goop is generously tossing cake to the commoners by, among other things, featuring worthwhile non-profit organizations such as Women’s Health Access Matters, the Brooklyn Library’s Books Unbanned initiative and The Ocean Cleanup.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023

In England, commoners do not carry weapons, but here almost everyone has them.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone