commune

Example Sentences

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And he was born in Bondy, the Paris commune where Kylian Mbappe and William Saliba come from.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

I was reading an interview about you living on a commune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Most of the 18 passengers were teachers from Hanoi on a charity trip to Lao Cai province, where the accident occurred on a long downhill stretch in Phinh Ho commune.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

While numerous cultures and spiritual movements have throughout history long attempted to commune with the dead, a séance, says Lisa Morton, author of “Calling the Spirits: A History of Séances,” is a relatively recent occurrence.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

In 1860, when he was not yet nineteen, his devout father urged him to join a religious commune in Oneida, New York, run by a man his father admired.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow