sensibleness

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But in between he is shelled by Alito, Roberts, and Kennedy, each of whom finds a way to call him out as a hijacker and to scoff at his sensible sensibleness.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2016

But “the ridiculousness or sensibleness of a program is really not for us to decide.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2015

Ms. Ricks gives her character a charming solid sensibleness.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2011

Yet, in the eyes of many people who are worrying about their jobs, this very stability and sensibleness – though badly needed – must also feel like a reproach.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

Nevertheless, besides his lyrical, dreamy, romantic temper, he has a very unsentimental vein, occurring no doubt, as in Heine, as a sort of corrective, a sort of compensation, for the pervading sensibleness.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul