How to Use communal in a Sentence

communal

adjective

• The tribe lived in communal huts.
• 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
• In the communal world of the Dark Ages, the worker owed fealty to crown, church, guild and village.
  — Phil Gramm and Mike Solon, WSJ, 23 May 2022
• 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
• An outhouse around the corner served as a communal privy.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 30 May 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
• The vibe, according to Nkem, will be communal and friendly.
  — Kristen Kornbluth, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
• The building will have a fitness center, dog park, study rooms, lounges, communal kitchens and bike storage.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• In creating Purlie, Davis took two long-lasting tropes of communal Black life and twinned them in a single body.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• But there are few residents around, the communal dining hall is riddled with bullet holes, and the kitchen is burned out.
  — Richard Engel, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The winnings from each game are added to a communal pot, with the last player at the end of the season potentially winning it all.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 May 2024
• Amenities are communal, but the hive does come with an electrical outlet and light in the shelter.
  — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022
• In the evening, the lights go down, and that communal coffee-shop energy transmutes into something a little sexier.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
• And food politics isn’t just about policy but celebrating the traditions and communal bonds cooking fosters.
  — Kelly Alexander, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024