How to Use communal in a Sentence
communal
adjective- The tribe lived in communal huts.
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The way our communal experience of the weather can feel like low-key group telepathy.
— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 -
The rides into the nearby mountains were communal and convivial.
— Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022 -
Residents share communal living space, including kitchen and dining areas, in a home.
— Trevor Fraser, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2022 -
There also has to be a communal area for changing, entering and exiting that provides at least 65 cubic feet of space.
— Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 June 2022 -
Khalil says there is usually a big communal religious ceremony or service, which includes a prayer and a sermon.
— Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022 -
Because the communal areas of the house are voluminous and plenteous, furniture and art choices needed to skew extra large.
— Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 13 July 2022 -
Lunches here are a family-style affair, with earthy soups from moringa leaves cooked in coconut shells, and packets of wild mushrooms wrapped in banana leaf—all served at communal tables in front of the kitchen.
— Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 21 June 2022 -
And food politics isn’t just about policy but celebrating the traditions and communal bonds cooking fosters.
— Kelly Alexander, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024 -
Portland also offers vouchers for food – and aid organizations also cook communal African meals.
— Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022 -
Welcoming communal areas with vintage maps and Ugandan railways posters on the walls house comfy chairs and travel and conservation books and magazines to flick through.
— Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 -
After the sun goes down, head to the communal lakeside fire pit to make friends and roast s'mores.
— Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023 -
Three small bedrooms are placed at the front of the house, while the larger communal spaces are placed at the rear of the house.
— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023 -
Of course, the cost of running the AC all day in the Texas heat might be enough to make some workers want to go to a communal space.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 July 2023 -
Bernard was born on a communal farm in upstate New York in 1984.
— Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Or the prairie’s the rare communal space, and the farmland is capitalism.
— In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023 -
The communal hot pot comes to the table filled with a piping hot, homemade beef bone broth.
— Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023 -
The communal spirit is different, stronger at a Springsteen show, both in the crowd and on the stage.
— Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Two sets of steps curve down from the pool to a huge communal lawn and secure access to the Miami Beach Boardwalk and the beach.
— Mark David, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024 -
One of the first lessons of mansaf is how to share: The dish is served on a large circular communal platter around which up to 13 guests sit or stand.
— Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2023 -
The lock-in bans workers from eating communal meals; they're instead forced to eat in their dorms.
— Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 31 Oct. 2022 -
The group’s room had three bunk beds and a private bathroom, with access to a communal kitchen and living area.
— Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 -
In defense of their communal home, the group suffers a few losses.
— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 July 2024 -
While scaffolding covers the room, the end of the video gives visitors a preview of one of the staircases found in the communal space.
— Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Over the years, Felder said he’s been moved to tears many times at the sing-alongs, not just for the beauty of the music but for the communal experience itself.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024 -
There’s the messiness and mayhem of communal meal making.
— Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023 -
The list of virtues on the wall, the way the light poured into the canteen, the communal spaces laid out according to Montessori principles.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The cozy bar at Headtrip had five seats, with communal tables, board games and darts filling the narrow space.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022 -
There's a communal kitchen, roaming cats, a campground, and multiple baths and pools, plus a dry sauna and steam room.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024 -
This is because the few communal pay phones available in the prisons are installed in the common areas, just beyond the bars of the cells.
— Gabrielle Caplan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
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