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Example sentences for "commonly applied"

  • To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women.

  • The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

  • Crime is strictly a violation of law either human or divine; but in present usage the term is commonly applied to actions contrary to the laws of the State.

  • Combat is commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a struggle of feeling.

  • In both these cases the fire is commonly applied directly to the wood.

  • This name is commonly applied to all those alloys which do not contain more than 18 to 20% of zinc.

  • The term 'colza oil' is commonly applied to ordinary refined rape.

  • In North America the term is commonly applied to ground Indian corn, whether bolted or not.

  • In trade, this term is commonly applied to pigments ground with oil to a thick paste, ready to be 'thinned down' with oil or turpentine to a consistence adapted for application with a brush.

  • This term is commonly applied in pharmacy and veterinary medicine to certain preparations which are not made up into their ultimate form.

  • A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

  • The word is commonly applied only to Protestants.

  • Despotic is commonly applied to a masterful or severe use of power, which is expressed more decidedly by tyrannical.

  • The Crusaders called all Mohammedans infidels, and were so called by them in return; the word is commonly applied to any decided opponent of an accepted religion.

  • To vociferate is commonly applied to loud and excited speech where there is little besides the exertion of voice.

  • Fond is commonly applied to an affection that becomes, or at least appears, excessive.

  • Commonly applied to a son who has the same Christian name as his father.

  • One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

  • In the current use of quaint, the two ideas of odd and antique are combined, and the word is commonly applied to that which is pleasing by reason of both these qualities.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commonly applied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    commonly applied; commonly called; commonly found; commonly known; commonly made; commonly regarded; commonly said; commonly termed; commonly understood; commonly used; dark eyes; early infancy; fine blue; fine salt; hoist side; know what; letters were; little brandy; minute portion; natural phenomena; our men; taking possession; twelve millions; when they were alone; wide geographical; you was