Sentence examples for common noun from inspiring English sources

The number one most common noun was time.

One starts to dread the approach of each common noun.

There is the common noun "grower," used to describe a cultivator of the plant.

He is the eponym for the English verb and common noun boycott.

In some languages, a name is differentiated from an appellative (common noun) by formal means.

But I would think of "Tea Party" as more akin to, say, a nickname than to a generic, common noun.

Kenning, concise compound or figurative phrase replacing a common noun, especially in Old Germanic, Old Norse, and Old English poetry.

As a common noun, a "tea party" is a gathering where tea is served, or something Alice would attend.

For the record, the word "greenhorn" occurs twice in the book as a common noun, applied to someone else.

Or that, at the age of thirty-eight, I still avoid using the common noun that is homophonous with my abuser's name.

Of course there are ways to kick yourself up the rankings, but until you dominate, a common noun name is a liability.