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Example sentences for "commonly used"

  • As commonly used at the present time the Church colors are five in number, viz.

  • It is a separate and distinct service, but is commonly used as a matter of convenience after Morning Prayer, and may be used after the Evening Prayer.

  • A switchboard plug such as is commonly used in simple magneto switchboards is shown in Fig.

  • The word milk as it is commonly used, however, refers to cow's milk, because such milk is employed to a greater extent as human food than the milk from any other animal.

  • Since American Cheddar cheese is the kind that is commonly used in this country, the way in which it is made will be well to know.

  • It is commonly used in the United States and in England.

  • The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices.

  • Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women.

  • One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.

  • Where the singular or the plural equally expresses the sense, the plural is commonly used and is justified by the highest authority.

  • It is commonly used to designate the manager of an establishment, or the person in charge of an undertaking.

  • Although etymologically equivalent to not (a single) one this word is commonly used as a singular under a mistaken idea that it can not be used correctly as a plural, but many writers of standard English have used it as a plural.

  • It is said to be commonly used as a bug-trap in some of our rural districts.

  • The first is commonly used as an adjunct to other medicines, especially to purgatives for children.

  • In electricity the name is commonly used to denote the porous partition, cell, or vessel, that separates the fluid containing the positive plate from the fluid which surrounds the negative plate, in a constant voltaic battery.

  • In the East it is commonly used as an intoxicant, either by smoking it, like tobacco, or swallowing it.

  • Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

  • Formalin=, or formaldehyde, is a penetrating toxic agent for nearly all plant cells, and is commonly used as a fungicide for the destruction of parasitic fungi.

  • Since corn starch is commonly used as the raw material for this process, these syrups are often spoken of as "corn syrup.

  • The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.

  • The former is commonly used in the average dwelling.

  • The overflow pipe, as stated above, is most conveniently connected with the sewer, into which the water will run in case of an overflow, but the other methods shown are commonly used.

  • The gages used for indicating the pressure of the steam are made in several forms but the type most commonly used is that shown in Fig.

  • These minutely executed reliefs were then thickly gilt, forming rich gold backgrounds, such as are so commonly used in the manuscripts of the Anglo-Norman school; see fig.

  • Parallel circuits are largely used for incandescent lighting, and since low pressure current is commonly used on such circuits they are usually connected to step down transformers, instead of direct to the alternators.

  • A conditional sale, as that term is commonly used, is a transfer of the possession of personal property under an agreement to sell, the seller expressly retaining the title.

  • The other design figured on the same page is copied from Carl Bock; it occurred on the shoulder of a Punan, and is said by Mr. Crossland to be commonly used by the Sea Dayaks of the Undup.

  • The latter name is known to all the tribes, and is probably of foreign origin; and it seems possible that the design and this name are derived from the dragon forms so commonly used in Chinese decorative art.

  • Milk, sour whey and buttermilk are materials commonly used as natural starter.

  • Starter is commonly used to produce the desired ripening of the milk.

  • As an indicator, a 1 per cent solution of phenolphthalein in 95 per cent alcohol is commonly used.

  • In the quotation the Hindustani word kammal, commonly used in the Central Provinces, is substituted for the Marathi word kambli.

  • Names are given by the Brahman on the day of birth or soon afterwards, and a second pet name is commonly used in the family.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commonly used" 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:
    bound together; but this; commonly applied; commonly believed; commonly call; commonly found; commonly known; commonly made; commonly regarded; commonly supposed; commonly understood; commonly used; fringing reef; good start; good supper; ideal form; keep silent; large trade; lose their; proper motions; raised myself; small distance; tablespoons sugar; when compared; wild fruit; young priest