Sentence examples for commonplace names from inspiring English sources

A popular recurring bit centers on Mr. Garvey, a veteran inner-city teacher substituting at a predominantly white high school where he struggles to pronounce his students' commonplace names (Denise is "Dee-nice," Aaron "Aaron-ron).

Bill, Edward, James, Victoria, are informal, commonplace names currently in high circulation on TV shows such as True Blood and the Twilight series.

With the paranoia of my ethnic psyche running in the background, I assumed that my commonplace name was partly why she had managed to see a resemblance.

Over the course of just three presidential campaigns, what was once a reporters' nickname for this post-debate gathering room has been shorn of its irony and turned into a commonplace name, a cliché of presidential politics.

Before the Zeppelin iPod dock made Bowers & Wilkins a commonplace name in the world of gadgets, the company was known for its amazing, but pricey, loudspeakers.

Before that became commonplace, other names such as Islas del Poniente (Islands of the West) and Magellan's name for the islands San Lázaro were also used by the Spanish to refer to the islands.

Firms such as Internet Real Estate and IREIT buy up thousands of Web sites with commonplace domain names such as africanamericans.com and mutualfunds.com, then load them with Google ads.

Many commonplace first names are really transferred surnames.

If God had a commonplace proper name, He would merely be distinguished from other deities.

It's all a little more commonplace than the name Shangri-La implies.Back to top >>.

King's favourite vile pervert Wilde achieved the not-inconsiderable feat of contaminating his own first name (commonplace before his disgrace).