commonplace
/ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/ verb C2- To make a commonplace book.
- To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
He/she/it commonplaces · Past commonplaced · Past participle commonplaced · -ing form commonplacing
Verb forms
- Base form
- commonplace
- He/she/it
- commonplaces
- Past
- commonplaced
- Past participle
- commonplaced
- -ing form
- commonplacing
From the library
So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.
“Oh, Mar--Marilla,” chattered Anne, “I’ll b-b-be contt-tented with c-c-commonplace places after this.”
“Breakfast seems so commonplace at such an exciting moment.
When the commonplace breakfast was over Diana appeared, crossing the white log bridge in the hollow, a gay little figure in her crimson ulster.
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