Sentence examples for is commonly applied to from inspiring English sources

In the suburbs, where Dursban is commonly applied to lawns, some stores began pulling products containing it off their shelves.

So it appears that the men of science need more vision than is commonly applied to his work.

The technique is commonly applied to steel objects, to which it imparts hardness.

The term hibernation is commonly applied to all types of winter dormancy in vertebrate animals.

Carpets made of just the warp and weft are called flat weaves or kilims (this term is commonly applied to tribal and Oriental carpets, but not exclusively).

The term solution is commonly applied to the liquid state of matter, but solutions of gases and solids are possible.

The name turtledove is commonly applied to the other Streptopelia species, including collared doves (S. decaocto) and ring-necked doves (S. capicola).

(The word "hacker" merely means a clever programmer, but is commonly applied to those who use their skills to malicious ends).

The term evangelical orthodoxy is commonly applied to Protestant Christianity that insists on the full or literal authority and inerrancy of the Bible.

The term carbon dioxide retainer is commonly applied to a diver who fails to eliminate carbon dioxide in the normal manner.

Although the term battery, in strict usage, designates an assembly of two or more galvanic cells capable of such energy conversion, it is commonly applied to a single cell of this kind.