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'ordinary' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'ordinary' with 17 example sentences.


ordinary adjective

: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

: not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

ordinary noun

: a judge of a probate court

: the expected or commonplace condition or situation

: a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

: an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

: (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields


  • Did you notice anything out of the ordinary?
  • Your behavior is out of the ordinary.
  • The dragon can't be killed with ordinary weapons.
  • He's just an ordinary student.
  • I don't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen.
  • Her parents are very beautiful, but she looks ordinary.
  • That was no ordinary storm.
  • His strength is much greater than that of an ordinary man.
  • I am an ordinary person.
  • As it is, ordinary people cannot afford to purchase such luxuries.
  • She is no ordinary singer.
  • Jamal isn't just an ordinary man anymore.
  • The new theory is too abstract for ordinary people.
  • This is an ordinary task.
  • Please come in an ordinary dress.
  • Contact me by ordinary mail.
  • This encyclopedia is beyond the reach of an ordinary student.
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