How to Use commonplace in a Sentence

commonplace

1 of 2 adjective

• He photographed commonplace objects like lamps and bowls.
• Drug use has become commonplace at rock concerts.
• Rain, wind, dust and dirt are commonplace at the event.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• Bullet trains run commonplace around the world—just not in the U.S.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• The store is across the street from U.N. Plaza, where drug dealing and use are commonplace.
  — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
• Protests are commonplace in the state’s largest school district.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• David wrote so many things in that script that are commonplace today.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2023
• By the end of 2022, the sorts of attacks on books and libraries that Michigan faced were commonplace throughout the country.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• Stars are commonplace in Super Bowl ads, but over the past few years ads have been more and more stuffed with celebrities.
  — Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
• Kenny Payne’s plan is that one day this is commonplace.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2023
• Eating on the go and saving your biggest meal for late in the day has become commonplace.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 15 Feb. 2023
• Yeah also imagine the early 1900s when coal burning and soot were commonplace in the cities.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• So how did iron end up in a rare selection of Bronze Age tools, long before the art of smelting was commonplace?
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
• Its use has become so commonplace that it will be employed at 11 of the sport’s 14 Diamond League meets this year.
  — Ben Bloom, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• In Delhi, India, where Taseer grew up, quick trips for the purpose of worship were commonplace.
  — John McHugo, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• This was before the days when scanners were commonplace in offices.
  — Dante Ross, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
• The snap throw to first base behind the runner is expected to become commonplace.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Having a cup of coffee to treat your drowsiness is commonplace, but adding caffeine to this eye cream is a genius move.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
• Deer, ducks and turkeys are now commonplace across America, proof that the effort worked.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• The test is now commonplace in urban centers like Lagos and Abuja.
  — Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• But where does that fit now that cashless payment options and checkout tip prompts are more commonplace?
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2023
• This argument has been commonplace for over 50 years, or almost half the entire history of the tank.
  — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
• Stories of Asmussen’s lack of luck at the Kentucky Derby have been as commonplace as mint juleps and seersucker suits.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
• Across the Greater Boston region, wait lists as long as five years can be commonplace, advocates and seniors say.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• Proms in sweaty gyms became passé, with more schools opting for hotels and banquet rooms, and choosing a prom king and queen to crown became commonplace.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• Wheat fields were once commonplace across the country, but drought conditions of late have caused farmers to give up growing the crop entirely.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
• How did a device that once appeared in space odysseys and sci-fi magazines become so commonplace?
  — Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• In 2012, crowds of that size were an outlier, but in the past couple of years, women's games selling out the biggest stadia in the world is becoming more commonplace.
  — Asif Burhan, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• For residents in the northern part of the state, wind chill warnings and winter weather advisories are commonplace.
  — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• Ukrainian officials say intimidation tactics like that are commonplace and are aimed at forcing people to give their vote to Putin.
  — Andrew Carey, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024

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commonplace

2 of 2 noun

• It is a commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity.
• We now accept cell phones and laptop computers as commonplaces of everyday life.
• In short, to pursue a daily routine that’s rich with the commonplace.
  — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• It's become commonplace for the Tigers to be in this position.
  — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2020
• For the past month, flooding and storm damage have become commonplace in the local news.
  — Davie Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 July 2021
• But there's nothing at all commonplace about the engine that motivates the QX50.
  — Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2020
• One of the grapes most commonly called challenging is also one of the most commonplace.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
• Claims that the media act in bad faith are a commonplace of electoral politics.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2020
• Sweat suits, joggers, leggings, and T-shirts have all become commonplace to see on your video work calls.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Mar. 2021
• Over the next several years, the metaverse is going to become more and more commonplace in daily life.
  — Jon Garcia, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
• Bidding wars for Miami homes for sale have become commonplace over the past year.
  — Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 10 May 2022
• While nonstop global news about the effects of the coronavirus have become commonplace, so, too, are tales of the kindness.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2020
• The idea that we’re ensconced in a culture war has become a rhetorical commonplace.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022
• Although his attacks on the Fed have become commonplace, the once-taboo practice seemed to startle some in the audience here.
  — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
• In some ways, Brazil is catching up to the trend in the United States and Europe, where larger models have become more commonplace on catwalks.
  — Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2022
• For a program that’s made blowouts commonplace, and winning second nature, the Raiders thirsted for a challenge.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2020
• The undeserved losses became more and more commonplace as a playoff spot slipped away.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 8 May 2021
• Hugs, once commonplace, have been replaced with elbow taps.
  — AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Experts expect to see jeans become more commonplace at work, too.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• Tables, the very real job that a room of teenagers should consider commonplace enough to treat as a footnote rather than the most perplexing element of the video.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• Today, an inclusive shade range from the onset is a lot more commonplace in cosmetics than in years past.
  — C. Shardae Jobson, Allure, 5 Apr. 2022
• In recent weeks scenes of empty shelves at grocery stores have become commonplace.
  — Fox News, 23 Mar. 2020
• Though bushfires are commonplace in Australia, these fires are of a worse scale in large part due to drier conditions as a result of climate change.
  — Elizabeth King, Allure, 8 Jan. 2020
• Such spectacles have become commonplace around the Oregon State clubhouse, where Hjerpe’s sense of humor has helped lighten the stress and monotony of a 54-game season.
  — oregonlive, 24 May 2022
• Needless to say, that kind of passion and commitment is anything but commonplace.
  — Ryan Wong, Quartz at Work, 29 June 2020
• Homecomings have become commonplace for the Stars during this road trip.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
• But now soccer moms have become commonplace around the U.S. national team.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
• In Ferlinghetti’s world, what comes through is an abiding affection for the commonplace.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
• In the nineteen-tens, when cars were becoming commonplace in the United States, their right to dominate the road was fiercely contested.
  — Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• Estrangement is a commonplace in such fractured families; enforced estrangement from both the blood family and the outside world is a common tool of control in cults.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024