Sentence examples for commonplace long from inspiring English sources

According to Ross, job insecurity became commonplace long before the current financial debacle.

But because blue shirts were perfectly commonplace long before they became a trend, they have risen uncharted.

But instances of Scotland internationals overindulging in alcohol, often triggering farcical situations, were commonplace long before that.

The book begins with a suggestion of how commonplace long-distance air travel has become, as the passengers concern themselves with schedules and meetings and personal plans, not the dangers of transcontinental flight.

They embraced slogans like "Buy white!" When I say this kind of thing was commonplace "not long ago," I really mean not long ago.

But if this name-changing practice became commonplace, how long would it take for an entire industry to emerge built around helping businesses who wanted to go the extra mile and link people with their "former" identities?

This sensation is not commonplace among long-time observers of English cricket.

While injuries among young people are commonplace, the long-term sequelae are not well understood.

Nudity has been so commonplace for so long on Broadway that it is now shocking when it shocks you.

Double-decker trains, then called "up and downs," were commonplace on the Long Island Rail Road from the late 1930s to the late 1960s; a more modern version began operation in 1998.

It was yet another example of a terrible truth, one that has been a commonplace for so long that it is seldom commented upon: insurgents in Afghanistan rarely take any prisoners.