Sentence examples for be a commonplace from inspiring English sources

The bedtrick may not really be a commonplace occurrence, but it is a commonplace preoccupation.

What one thought would be a commonplace turns out to be a challenge.

Travelling to the limits of ambition, Clyde ceases to be a commonplace representative figure — an empty-headed American boy.

The plot point may be a commonplace, but Johnson manages to lend it a spontaneous, naïve resonance.

It used to be a commonplace that using microphones on stage came between the performer and the theatre audience.

Knee-jerk military obfuscation may be a commonplace in wartime, but arrogance by unelected bureaucrats, even in uniform, never plays well in Congress.

That is a commonplace.

It was a commonplace.

Handstands are a commonplace.

Violation of artistic intent was a commonplace.

Today, she's a commonplace.