In several dialects, common gender is used to group nouns that once belonged to masculine or feminine classes.

A common starling landed on the windowsill and tapped the glass, as if asking to come inside.

The common rabbit, originally native to southwestern Europe and northwest Africa, has become invasive in many other regions.

After the flood, the farmers replanted common barley to restore the damaged fields.

At dawn the common gibbon swung through the rainforest canopy calling for its mate.

The common gibbons swung gracefully through the rainforest canopy, calling to one another at dawn.

A common blackbird perched on the windowsill and sang loudly at dawn.

A common pheasant darted out from the hedgerow, startling the hikers.

On the sandbar, a common tern kept a wary eye on the tide as it fed its chick.

The handmade bracelets at the market were common as muck, so I decided to look for something more unique.