The phrase "a commonplace thing in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is frequently encountered or widely accepted in a particular context or environment.
Example: "In today's digital age, online shopping has become a commonplace thing in consumer behavior."
Alternatives: "a common occurrence in" or "a regular feature in".
"Reno is a persuasive and moving narrator because Ms. Kushner allows her the vulnerability and fuzzy-mindedness of youth while rarely allowing her to think or say a commonplace thing," Dwight Garner wrote in The Times, adding that the novelist's prose "puts you in mind of weary-souled visionaries like Robert Stone and Joan Didion".
A commonplace thing, accident or loss, it may mean nothing here and everything there".
Riddles work in the same way and, as Roberts rightly points out, they reveal "the great wonder of a commonplace thing" (16 which is, as Roberts indicates, a quote from Patrick Murphy's study Unriddling the Exeter Riddles, 7).
It seems it consists chiefly of him saying plain things in a fashion that makes them hard to understand, and commonplace things in a mysterious form which makes them seem oracular".
The most commonplace thing is now imbued with danger -- fearsome bacteria lurk in the salad bar amid croutons, a newly minted carcinogen foments in the fabric softener -- and staying tuned provides the only safety.
Distorting reality and finding humor in commonplace things under the lens of absurdity is Ambera Wellmann's bag, without a doubt.
They show such commonplace things as rural landscapes, a dog, a light bulb, a chair, a bicycle and boxcars.
"If I take commonplace things that are just lying around in drawers and then reassemble them to make this object that does have a purpose, that is also just a gift and may never get used, but it's still a beautiful item, it contains all the energy of your intention within it," P-Orridge adds.
It was not simply a commentary on marriage, loss of personal freedom and the over-richness of even commonplace things.
