common sense

Example Sentences

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Eddie Izzard, the wry, gender-fluid British comedian who came to attention with a stream of observational drollery that picked away at common sense, takes on the whole teeming tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

His governance style, he added, was all about “common sense.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He then added that his governance style was all about “common sense.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He “has mystical tendencies, no common sense, and a Wagnerian taste for heroics and death. He was born loaded with vanities and has developed megalomania as his final decoration.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Speaking after the judgement was released, Bethany Hutchison, one of the nurses, said it was a "victory for common sense" and a "turning point".

From BBC