commonness

Example Sentences

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"They were visually enticing places that transported you from the commonness of the streets and prepared you for the fantastical world of movies and storytelling that was to come," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Hating on Mounds, however, strikes me as especially odd owing to the commonness of its ingredients.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

The miracle of their lives is in their commonness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2021

But it also increased the commonness of resistant bacteria, that is, bacteria that are impervious to antibiotics and, as a result, difficult to kill.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

But you ain’t goin’ off in all dat mess uh commonness.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston