Sentence examples for a commonplace theme from inspiring English sources

But it brings to mind a reverse thought off what is becoming a commonplace theme: the Knicks are better without Patrick Ewing.

That may have been part of the problem with California Adventure, which opened in 2001 and features a collection of traditional — and commonplace — theme park fare, including roller coasters, a Ferris wheel and one area seemingly based on becoming an expert Boy Scout, an experience you could get by, you know, joining the Boy Scouts.

Mr. Serkin's balance and control of contrasting elements were impressive, and in some ways they prefigured the task at hand in the Beethoven, a startling display of what a master composer could do with even the most commonplace theme.

Here he plays the "Diabelli" Variations — a stunningly inventive exploration of a commonplace waltz theme — as well as a set of Bach's "Three-Part Inventions" and Bartok's Piano Sonata.

That is a commonplace.

It was a commonplace.

Handstands are a commonplace.

Today, she's a commonplace.

Great acting was hardly a commonplace.

Violation of artistic intent was a commonplace.

Suddenly a commonplace theater becomes a palace.