Sentence examples for common connotation from inspiring English sources

Even though that perspective still illuminates ecosystem studies (see below), it is no longer a necessary or even common connotation of the term "ecosystem".

Genital self-mutilation injury has a common connotation with eating behavior disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.

A diamond that costs less About Clarity: Inclusions are not bad, though the common connotation has slightly negative tones.

In classical Chinese philosophy the meaning of the Chinese word xin 心, which literally refers to the physical heart, is not limited to its common connotations.

The evidence suggests that, at least to a certain extent, people match such shape dimensions with tastes on the basis of their common affective connotation.

Many of its common names have sexual connotations.

In Norwegian Hole (pronounced HOOL-eh) is a common name with no connotations of emptiness, but all the same, Harry is a loner, an obsessive smoker and drinker, has trouble with authority and difficulty sustaining relationships.

The upshot is that demands to cut welfare benefits (the very phrase reeks of ideological connotations) are more common than demands to raise them.

It should be noted however that modern English spelling was only starting to become fixed by Shakespeare's time and also that the word 'weird' (from Old English wyrd) had connotations beyond the common modern meaning.

His comments about Mr Fabius, he insisted, "had no religious connotation"; the phrase was common in French.

It becomes a lament for all those who died at sea – particularly those at Jutland – and is made more universal by the connotation between "Jack and Jack Tarar", the common term for sailor.