Sentence examples for to commonplace from inspiring English sources

Object Orange was supposed to draw attention to commonplace blight.

It seems that, contrary to commonplace paranoia, commercial aircraft are not hotbeds of noxious germs.

How a once rare musical adventure sank to commonplace stock stuff is another story.

We can apply our poetic attention to commonplace language, and thereby give that language unexpected depth and importance.

But lately it, too, has come perilously close to commonplace -- bottled and consistent and without much variety.

In Rome, for example, scooter use went from marginal to commonplace from 1980 to 2000 and the culture adjusted.

Although big ideas are meant to go from controversial to celebrated, in truth they more often go from contemptible to commonplace.

Matisse kept other fabric samples, from exotic to commonplace, on brackets and nearby clotheslines so he could reach easily for one in the midst of a painting session.

The carriers have seen saturation before – in the 1990s, when mobile phone ownership went from being rare to commonplace – but smartphones are different, Reeves says.

That may be a sign of the sudden maturity of electronics that were cutting-edge several years ago, an indication of how technology moves from concept to commonplace.

Hourly warning systems have lead to commonplace photographs of Chinese pedestrians wearing masks to protect themselves on days when an alert is sounded.