Sentence examples for ordinary commonplace from inspiring English sources

The deeds were monstrous, but the doer — at least, the very effective one now on trial — was quite ordinary, commonplace, and neither monstrous nor demonic.

As Austen's celebrated contemporary Sir Walter Scott wrote of her, "The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of description and sentiment, is denied me".

A straightforward paper is set in a subject, say A, in which we will suppose there is no attempt to "catch" or perplex the student, but simply to sample, as it were, the ordinary commonplace knowledge which average industry might acquire.

I put them in a big warmed bowl, made a dent about the size of a respectable coffee cup, and filled it to the brim with catsup from a large, full, vulgar bottle that stood beside my table mat where a wineglass would be at an ordinary, commonplace, everyday banquet.

These experiences are generally regarded as ordinary, commonplace, and routine.

But he still maintains the ordinary commonplace distinction between mental things thoughts, hopes and dreams and physical things tables and trees.

Fantastically ordinary, cheap, commonplace.

The word "pedestrian" itself is used to describe something ordinary and commonplace.

'Everyday' is an adjective that means commonplace, ordinary, or normal.

"It's perfect because it sort of embodies the commonplace, ordinary low art of the 'happy days' greeting.

Look at my words and despair, he seems to say: you won't find any ready-made formulation between these hard covers, nothing ordinary, banal or commonplace.