voice of reason

noun phrase

: a person who influences others to act sensibly

She was the voice of reason in our group.

Examples of voice of reason in a Sentence

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Instead, his story is recounted by Kathy, the voice of reason in the group and the film's real star. —Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 June 2024

Size is everything here, mainly contained by conductor James Conlon’s welcome restraint and sophisticated voice of reason. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

Grey, as the doting partner to Cyclops and a voice of reason among the X-Men, typically plays the straight man amid the more explosive personalities. —Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024

The only problem is that Neptune can obscure the truth or realistic issues, so don’t push the voice of reason aside just because the horizon looks so wonderfully alluring. —Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024

And somehow, Venus is now the calm voice of reason? —EW.com, 9 May 2024

And their voice of reason, of all people, is Draymond Green. —Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024

But the real diversion is Pugh’s Princess Irulan, whom West describes as the film’s voice of reason. —Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024

Tyson plays Taurus, who acts as a voice of reason on the council. —Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024