common consent
Example Sentences
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He’s so insufferably priggish that at school his name, William Orser, has by common consent been elided to the nonexistent word “Worser,” just to drive him crazy.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
A new film by Julian Schnabel, “At Eternity’s Gate,” with Willem Dafoe playing the man we refer to, by common consent, as “poor Vincent,” captures this beauty.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018
Angela Merkel is, by common consent, the titan of European politics.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2017
Africa already has the youngest population in the world and by common consent, education needs to be given greater priority for economies to grow, hence its inclusion in the UN's sustainable development goals.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2016
By common consent they were using the spears as sabers now, no longer daring the lethal points.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
