common sort

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“I do think that the board and the mayor have a common sort of goal of ... trying to solve some of these problems that the electorate seems to still be quite upset about.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

Now that's all threatened because of scandals of the common sort in the Philippines�election cheating, graft�and Arroyo's handling of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The common sort tie only a string round their middle, and pass a piece of cloth or skin round between their thighs, which they turn at each end over the string.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

"We have been sent," said a man's deep voice and not a "monsieur" but a common sort of man, Marise could tell by his accent and intonation, "to see and question Madame Allen."

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

I am the most usual, common sort of woman, who must have someone in love with her and be in love.

From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas