Sentence examples for make a commonplace from inspiring English sources

Lincoln Center's split-focus Beethoven symphony cycle, which began on Thursday evening at Alice Tully Hall, is a fantastic case study in how a slight tweak can make a commonplace programming idea seem compelling, and how marketing overdrive can then make the whole idea look silly.

Is it the size that often makes a commonplace occurrence into a sweet narrative?

Although at first shocking, the countless public executions -- slit throats and stonings -- make death a commonplace.

If Mr. Brendel were making a more commonplace point, he might have devoted the second half of his program to Beethoven, in whose work the developments he lingered over in his Haydn and Mozart performances found their fulfillment.

"My dad's view is, why should you make a fuss -- it's commonplace and nobody spoke about it," Mr. Foucar said.

Nowadays they are made from a commonplace nickel alloy, but that is the extent of their mundanity.

He wanted, he said, "to make the commonplace unusual", a statement that has reverberated through photographic practice to the present day.

Asked when watching a video clip on a cell phone would become as commonplace as making a call, Mr. Arlen said that would depend on the cost of equipment and service, as well as on the quality and choice of the video available.

Smart homes are not new, but no one has so far come up with a solution that will make them commonplace.

It is a great gift, this ability to make the commonplace both recognizable and wondrous without ever coming close to overwriting.

Under his leadership, Microsoft became a giant in software and helped make PCs commonplace.