Sentence examples for common mortal from inspiring English sources

But, as everyone knows, the composer also got it right when he later withdrew the dedication after the first consul of France made himself emperor ("so he is no more than a common mortal…" a tyrant in the making).

"Let's be clear: if a common mortal had leaked this data through this kind of negligence, the penalty would be life in prison," he said.

Perhaps contemporary art will cease to resemble a theme park for billionaires and comments will be couched in language understandable to common mortals.

As the state-run Global Times put it, "it seems that Internet users do not want officials to be perceived as being akin to common mortals.

This is still very much at the research stage," he says.When pressed for examples of applications of the semantic web that common mortals might appreciate, Sir Tim enthuses about "friend-of-a-friend" networks, where individuals in online communities provide data in the form of links between themselves and their colleagues and friends.

He said he wanted his models to be bigger, taller and stronger than common mortals.

Waltzing might not have much in common with Mortal Combat or other violent videogames, but Tom Standage makes the connection in "Those Darn Kids and Their Darn New Technology," in Wired magazine.

But if he doesn't achieve neutrality, Mr. Maxwell gives us something greater: a transparency that finds the common skeleton — mortal, breakable and magnificent — in every one of us.

What has the ordinary mortal in common with the Queens?

It may now be common for celebrities and mortals alike to bare their souls on talk shows, but when it comes to baring their bodies, few are so uninhibited.

And, in a neat play on one of her favourite catchphrases – one she deployed for divisive ends, separating friends from foes – he declared of Thatcher that "lying here, she is one of us", sharing the common destiny of all mortals.