The common foxglove brightened the edge of the forest with its tall spikes of purple bells.

A common thread in all her stories is the quiet resilience of ordinary people.

A common egret stood motionless at the edge of the marsh, waiting to strike at any unsuspecting fish.

At dawn, I heard the booming call of a common bittern hiding in the reedbed.

common bitterns rose from the reeds with muffled booming calls that echoed across the marsh.

A common scoter plunged beneath the choppy waves, resurfacing not far from the rocky shoreline.

Every summer, the town organizes common ridings to mark the boundaries of the shared grazing lands.

Every spring the villagers took part in the common riding to mark and remember the parish boundaries.

The textile artist used common madder to dye the linen a deep crimson.

A common sandpiper darted along the riverbank, probing for insects among the stones.