make sense

Example Sentences

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Because it does not make sense as a wealth-building exercise.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

"Any mention of transfusions brings me back to being that frightened child, sitting alone in my room, trying to make sense of a choice that felt impossible," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Now more than ever, we need books such as “In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” to help us make sense of, and right, our upside-down world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But Wharton professor Emilie Feldman says such a structure has a hidden virtue in that it tends to produce deals that actually make sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Oh, how hard it is to make sense of a social occasion from the train of a dress.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck