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
• While this may be commonplace nowadays, the history of green beer is more complicated than most may think.
  — Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Armed gangs are taking over the streets of Gaza City, fistfights and stabbings are commonplace in long queues for food, and the occasional aid trucks that arrive must brave mobs of looters.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 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
• That is, a home video game console should be as restrained as, say, a cable box or a receiver because games will soon be as commonplace in our households.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 6 May 2024