How to Use communal in a Sentence

communal

adjective
  • The tribe lived in communal huts.
  • There's a communal thing in that.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The communal farms blew apart like layers of onion skin.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • There is no communal pool, though some villas have their own.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Death is often a flash point for communal anger.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • The whole group can gather around the communal fire pit with s’mores kits to end the night.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
  • The need for a communal outlet for hope was not lost on the Broad.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • In other words, their work was communal.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Firewood is stacked beside a long pit dug for a communal kitchen.
    — Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
  • Ours is a communal bond, and it will not be broken, simply paused.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
  • All communal areas can be reached by curving but steep paths.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But as time went on, communal thinking seemed to fray in the face of clear challenges.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Tiny communal kitchens, barely any counter space and maybe just a microwave to work with?
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There, guests can also find a communal firepit and lawn games like cornhole.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The meals are often communal events where people eat dates.
    — Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There's also a communal pool, though each room has a private plunge pool, too.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • Sure, the goal was to build a communal space, but something like this is a thing of beauty.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • After the sun goes down, head to the communal lakeside fire pit to make friends and roast s'mores.
    — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • There are no more communal tables and less of a focus on large group dining.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
  • Bill fixed up the roof to create a communal deck and garden with views over the river.
    — Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The trick to helping ourselves might just be to focus on the communal first.
    — Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Men and women from the mosque, including a young imam, join us in a communal meal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The communal hot pot comes to the table filled with a piping hot, homemade beef bone broth.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • Such a communal spirit has long been the culture of the Tigrayans.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2021
  • Toward the end of the main set, the communal feeling of the show strengthened.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2021
  • His is more of a communal hangout than an intimate date night.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Every dollar bet on a horse goes into a communal pool.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • The favorite tag has been passed around like a communal bidon during the race’s opening week.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • So there was a communal bucket of water for the whole classroom?
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In defense of their communal home, the group suffers a few losses.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 July 2024

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