Sentence examples for a common usage from inspiring English sources

A common usage was a "defluxion of rheum" from the nose or mouth.

He explained a common usage of the initials GTT: In the old days, those who hit bad times would scrawl "GTT" on a fence post and disappear.

He implied that that was a common usage and, at that point, he asked Allegra if her mother had ever called her a slut.

More than simply a common usage of the term, "the world" connotes an important dimension of Arendt's political theory; namely, a space of plurality and debate necessary for public discourse.

We find that a common usage of accelerometer in apps, like Booking and Tumblr, is to detect whether the user is shaking the device.

Such respect (for the humanity in each person) has to be distinguished from a common usage in which "respect" denotes something quite different, namely a certain respect for the (moral) qualities of a particular person's character or conduct (for example, in Rawls 1971, § 67; Sennett 2003).

A less common usage is as a means of extending a calculation from a smaller domain into a larger one, such as in computing the far-field sound generated in a localized region.

It has evolved into a more common usage regarding those who are GLBT.

I used it without an object; common usage has made that intransitive form correct, but it is not preferred in formal writing.

Big Brother (is watching you) A term in common usage for a scarily omniscient ruler long before the worldwide smash-hit reality-TV show was even a twinkle in its producers' eyes.

Like "diabetic" and "asthmatic", schizophrenic was always meant to be an adjective, but common usage has made it a noun.