As regards America, Hume was with the Whigs, as Johnson had perhaps learnt from their common friend, Mr. Strahan.
I applied to Mr. Hamilton, by a common friend, and he has been so obliging as to let me have Johnson's letter to him upon this occasion, to adorn my collection.
On Thackeray and Dean Hole measuring heights once in the house of a common friend, it was found that they were practically equal.
We had dined altogether at a common friend's house in Leith, and danced, drank, and sang till late enough.
This gentleman had been made acquainted with Scott's large collections in that way by a common friend, Dr.
I showed him a letter written to a common friend, who was at some loss for the explanation of it.
When poor Smart, so well known for his wit and misfortunes, was first obliged to be put in private lodgings, a common friend of both lamented in tender terms the necessity which had torn so pleasing a companion from their acquaintance.
A married lady should always extend her hand to a stranger brought to her house by a common friend, as an evidence of her cordial welcome.
A married lady should extend her hand upon being introduced to a stranger brought to her house by her husband, or by a common friend, as an evidence of her cordial welcome.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "common friend" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
