common-sense
Example Sentences
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Most Americans no doubt are relieved by the majority’s common sense.
Leah responded, “In the name of common sense, how did they happen to be there, nearly six feet beneath the cellar bottom?”
From Literature
“The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power.”
From Salon
The situation was painful and humiliating, but given the circumstances, the offensive nature of the incident could have been handled with common sense and empathy.
From Los Angeles Times
This approach also demonstrates that we can use common sense to achieve the same statistically robust conclusions without cutting corners on safety.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
