7 sentences with 'ordinary'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ordinary and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, in societies like the Phoenicians, there was no need for a class of scribes, since even ordinary tradesmen could become literate. »
• « Despite their vociferous opposition, the rich did not suffer much, as the lands in question were "public lands" that had largely remained after the Second Punic War, and ordinary farmers enjoyed benefits. »
• « Unfortunately for the Turkish dynasties of the time and for millions of ordinary people throughout the Middle East, the Mongol invasions of the 13th century devastated much of the region. »
• « Likewise, there was no widespread awareness among most church officials that something out of the ordinary was happening with Luther; despite the radicalism of his position, most clergy assumed that Lutheranism was doomed to fade into obscurity in the end. »
• « It is important to consider David Hume because he embodied one of the characteristics of the Enlightenment that often seems the most surprising from a contemporary perspective, namely the fact that he did not defend the rights, let alone anything like the right to political expression, of ordinary people. »
• « For example, as noted above, an actual volume (let alone a multi-volume set) of the Encyclopédie was too expensive for an ordinary craftsman or tradesman to afford. However, such a person could afford a pamphlet-sized pirated copy of several of the Encyclopédie's articles that might interest him. »
• « Peter I the Great learned about Western Europe by visiting foreigners in his early years and decided to go and see what the West had to offer himself - he disguised himself as an ordinary labourer (albeit one who was 2.13 metres tall) and set out on a personal voyage of discovery. »