commonness

Example Sentences

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"They were visually enticing places that transported you from the commonness of the streets and prepared you for the fantastical world of movies and storytelling that was to come," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Hating on Mounds, however, strikes me as especially odd owing to the commonness of its ingredients.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

Traditionally, ecologists have measured biodiversity by taking into account both the number of species and their commonness.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The miracle of their lives is in their commonness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2021

The commonness of his name was a consolation, too; there were three Henry Smiths in any given oil field of reasonable size.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez