seem common
Frequency: 7.045.2 per million words
to appear prevalent or widespread
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Examples (20)
- These problems now seem fairly common.
- Despite her wealth, her loud behaviour made her seem quite common.
- Side effects like these seem common with the new medication.
- His constant bragging about money seemed rather common to the old aristocracy.
- In our industry, such challenges have started to seem more common.
- To the snobbish guests, the bride's family seemed a bit common.
- It seemed common for families to have only one car back in the 1950s.
- I'm afraid my taste in music might seem common to a classical connoisseur.
- Does this type of grammatical error seem common among language learners?
- The way he ate his food with his mouth open made him seem terribly common.
- The belief that technology solves all problems seems dangerously common.
- She worried that her accent would make her seem common at the formal event.
- While it may seem common, this plant species is actually quite rare.
- He tried to use big words, but it only made him seem more common.
- Customer complaints about delivery times seem less common this quarter.
- Their flashy decorations and gaudy furniture seemed awfully common to the interior designer.
- Certain themes, like love and loss, will always seem common in literature.
- Does it seem common to put so much sugar in one's tea?
- Misunderstandings between departments seem all too common without clear communication.
- She felt that any display of strong emotion would seem common and undignified.