common run
Example Sentences
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“Cooper’s sophomore film far outshines the common run of contemporary biopics in its artful construction and attention to emotional nuance,” she writes of his efforts in Maestro, the story of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023
When you enter their mind-space you pass through an extreme gradient in worldview, a hard ontological shear that separates Singularitarians from the common run of humanity.
From Time • Feb. 10, 2011
"Lawrence was not a physically passionate man; he was not more passionate than the common run of men, but less passionate."
From Time Magazine Archive
When reporters asked which belonged to which, Garland said: "As to unmarried people living together, this is a matter of individual inclination, and not understood by the common run of social fabric."
From Time Magazine Archive
You see, he had been half inside the gates of death, and—well, the proceeding was distinctly out of the common run of things.
From White Fire by Oxenham, John
