Sentence examples for commonly became from inspiring English sources

This mental deterioration, known as erethism, led to the well-known saying "mad as a hatter," because, in the past, hatters commonly became ill when they used mercury salts to make felt out of rabbit fur.

With the national leadership located in Boston, during the 1980s it commonly became known as the "Boston movement".

Participant 3 Over time, men commonly became secretive about their behaviours, fearing judgement, forced interventions or hurting others' feelings.

Study participants commonly became quiet when asked about the facilitators, a silence interpreted as either unvoiced criticism or a lack of understanding of the facilitator role.

"Culture" has commonly become the name for all those things we practice without really taking seriously.

As there is usually little or no rain at this season, scrubland shrubs commonly become dormant.

Proving a sufficient local connection for the majority of homeless people, who commonly become itinerant before they become dispossessed, is much harder than it sounds.

The House easily passed a measure today that would outlaw what has commonly become known as the partial birth abortion procedure.

The other problem with grand coalitions is that when it comes to countering demagoguery and populism, they commonly become part of the problem rather than the solution.

The tourist attitude is a form of rubbernecking at misfortune, of the type that has commonly become unacceptable in decent society.

On trees 6 to 12 or more years old, the outer bark in localized areas commonly becomes scaly, or small irregular pustules and gumlike deposits develop, with the wood being stained underneath.