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
• Men and women from the mosque, including a young imam, join us in a communal meal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• 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
• This is true communal living, as the polyps can share food and nutrients with others in the colony.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
• The room was designed as a mix of old and new: open kitchen, communal tables, zinc bar, canvas scrims, brick walls.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 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
• Most of the dinners took place outdoors with guests at communal tables and much of the cooking was done in the home or outdoors.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
• The ceremony, in a sense, was an effort to revive some of the communal spirit of the Games.
  — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• In defense of their communal home, the group suffers a few losses.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 July 2024
• To that end, the communal rooms had to look like places where people would be happy to congregate.
  — Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 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
• Protect nursing homes, given the frailty of the residents and the speed at which a virus can spread in a communal setting.
  — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Yet nothing could have prepared me for the lovefest that is attending a Coldplay show — each millisecond calibrated for maximum explosions of communal joy.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
• For a more casual setting, many buffet restaurants feature communal tables specifically designed for solo diners.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Jan 2025