sensibility
Example Sentences
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Berlant describes their shared sensibility, the ability to simultaneously play comedy and pathos, as a kind of freedom.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Yet in this dense marketplace of ideas, identities and impulse buys, a shared sensibility quickly comes into focus.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
That may sound too derivative for some, but Sokolov, known for his outlandish Russian-language action-comedies “Why Don’t You Just Die!” and “No Looking Back,” brings a truly wacky sensibility to his first English-language feature.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Gerry’s sensibility is firmly of this world, in which he is determined to take what pleasures he can.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
He had his own set of carpentry tools and a distinctly German design sensibility.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing sensibility
Fences
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