Example sentences for: uncommon

How can you use “uncommon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Least forgivable of all was the omission of Allen Walker Read's 1934 classic An Obscenity Symbol, the most important article ever written on fuck , despite the absence of that word from the article itself (a not uncommon situation in the field, I might add).

  • Chernow attributes this attitude to Rockefeller's "uncommon respect for the dollar."

  • In any flea market, keep your own valuables safe — pickpockets are not uncommon.

  • Fourteen people now receive money from Uncommon Good.

  • The WB network's hit family series 7 th Heaven has been celebrated for its uncommon pleasantness and normalcy by publications as disparate as The New Yorker , Spin , and TV Guide . Now, you can indulge the show in that fashion if you've seen it once or twice, but after repeated viewing you can't help suspecting that its niceness is the punch line to a dark joke.


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