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Commonplace in sentence

172 examples of Commonplace in a sentence

What finally audience is subjected to is a highly predictable, very commonplace drama with very little surprise elements.
This notion is commonplace, even banal.
Though the religious conflict in a vampire flick was commonplace, I felt like many of the other things were not.
Sergei Eistenstein, like other silent-film pioneers like Griffith (although Eisenstein's innovations are not as commonplace as Griffith's) and Murnau, has had such an impact on the history of cinema it's of course taken for granted.
Without him, the movie would be commonplace.
The Trabants, constantly breaking down, were still the main mode of private motorised transport, the shops still featured nothing much to tempt me, uniforms were still commonplace, but the people, the ordinary people were open and nice once you had gained their trust.
Taking a "bath" in a Scottish loch is NOT commonplace as they portrayed him - but, it did give them yet another opportunity to demonstrate how sexually driven we were.
Social upheaval and unrest were commonplace as people spoke-out about their views.
Though reasonably well-crafted, the film lacks any real "zing", relying instead on many scenes that will seem commonplace to the astute art-house viewer.
American actor Ron Livington stars in the film alongside newcomer Thuy Nguyen, a Vietnamese actress who plays Holly, and together they bring to screen what is commonplace to the people at the notorious k11 redlight district in Cambodia.
The movie made me wonder about the hidden mysteries that lie behind the surface of the most commonplace people I see every day.
Why a good actress like Elizabeth Berkley stars in this commonplace movie???!!!
Commonplace human situations became original, personal and immediate so that I personally felt touched by each situation.
The plot may seem odd or a bare excuse to us today, but back then the possibility of epochal archaeological discoveries was not only real, but a commonplace occurrence.
The sexual abuse of children is surprisingly commonplace.
And one is struck at how unfashionable it seems to be to paint the country in such a light; and how commonplace it once was.
In a world where Biblical names were commonplace, "Ichabod" is a most unflattering name, meaning "the glory has departed" - but Ichabod Crane, originally NOT the nicest of men, has become a hero over the years.
Cell phones are commonplace in the film.
The conclusions that are drawn from all this are commonplace.
I thought it was funny, interesting and at the same time meaningful - about soldiers being sent to their deaths by incompetent fools, which was commonplace in those days.
But as a movie, it falls short of it's potential by lapsing into the preachy and stereotypical Hollywood style which has become so commonplace in today's cinema.
Police violence against African Americans has been commonplace; but widespread use of smartphones, with their ability to record high-quality video, has suddenly made such episodes a frequent feature of the news cycle.
They may overemphasize the likelihood of economic success ("I will be making a lot more money in a few years") and underemphasize the commonplace problems that regularly challenge family budgets ("I will be losing my job or getting a divorce").
High-level visits have become commonplace.
It is now a commonplace that evolutionary theory was used to justify capitalist injustice.
Networked LeadersCAMBRIDGE – In an environment of mobile phones, computers, and Web sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn, it is commonplace to say that we live in a networked world.
Widespread successes with cable-stayed structures have made the type almost commonplace.
Such protests against public agencies, employers, and developers are now commonplace (though not always authorized).
Drought, floods, and landslides have become commonplace.
Such successive downward forecast revisions have become commonplace.
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