common consent
Example Sentences
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He narrowly missed selection for the last Ryder Cup and, by common consent, is currently one of the top dozen American golfers.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
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
The second stage was introduced as a change, by common consent Sir Grummore stumped off to one end of the clearing, while King Pellinore plodded off to the other.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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