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Example sentences for "commonly said"

  • There is on hand enough gold to supply the arts for forty years at the present rate of consumption.

  • The progress of the linen manufacture of Great Britain, it is commonly said, has been a good deal retarded by the drawbacks upon the re-exportation of German linen to the American colonies.

  • It is commonly said that a sugar planter expects that the rum and the molasses should defray the whole expense of his cultivation, and that his sugar should be all clear profit.

  • In the neighborhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many thousand families have no habitation on the land, but live constantly in little fishing-boats upon the rivers and canals.

  • The ruling motive in such a system is commonly said to be "self-love.

  • It is commonly said that as a minister can speak only in the House of which he is a member, there must be two parliamentary representatives for every department, one in each House.

  • It is commonly said that he must give his ministers his confidence, but it would be more accurate to say that he must follow their advice.

  • It is commonly said that he always gives his casting vote in such cases so as to keep the question open; but this is not strictly true.

  • In connection with the inclement weather that often prevails throughout the spring months it is commonly said, "They that go to their corn in May may come weeping away," but "They that go in June may come back with a merry tune.

  • In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many thousand families have no habitation on the land, but live constantly in little fishing-boats upon the rivers and canals.

  • When a contract fails to be made, although the usual forms have been gone through with, the ground of failure is commonly said to be mistake, misrepresentation, or fraud.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commonly said" 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:
    abbey church; ages past; bear arms; commonly believed; commonly call; commonly called; commonly found; commonly known; commonly made; commonly regarded; commonly said; commonly supposed; commonly termed; commonly understood; commonly used; courteous knight; darling little; equal share; find here; great hurry; little back; mediaeval life; most beautiful; only wait; senatorial rank; white fish