How to Use common sense in a Sentence

common sense

noun

• She's very smart but she doesn't have a lot of common sense.
• Obey the laws and use common sense when operating your boat.
• You really should go to see a doctor if your leg hurts that much. It's just common sense!
• Roberts said the prosecution was based on details and common sense.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2021
• Neither seems to be applying common sense to this challenge.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2021
• Myers disagrees, saying the banner is just common sense.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
• But common sense doesn't always make its way to the ballroom, and besides — who doesn't like an underdog?
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• Prosecutors argued that the case is simple and that jurors should use their common sense when looking at the evidence.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2021
• No rules have been broken by Starmer or his team, but little common sense has been displayed either, and his lawmakers have noticed.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• The mathematics of fourth-down decisions run counter to conventional wisdom, which in turn runs counter to common sense.
  — Mike Tanier, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• These items might seem insignificant or like common sense but taking the time to engage and connect with another person is priceless.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2021
• Some of what Delos offers—air quality monitoring, access to outdoor space—is common sense.
  — Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
• But then Ayamma is the only character not forcibly enlisted in Bioh’s fun-at-all-costs agenda; Okuboyejo grounds her with warmth and common sense.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• The Clintons’ classes are intended to be inspirational and aspirational, with a salting of common sense.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
• Get the facts and figures and choose to use common sense.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• And in the court of common sense, all roads lead to Adam Fravel.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2024
• The lack of an AD and the absence of common sense from the Big Sky offices.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022
• So far, so good — in fact, a rare win for common sense.
  — Elizabeth Bauer, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• Our ideals need to be tempered by a dose of common sense.
  — Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• The date was from three years before, the subject line: common sense.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• The tax rules seemed to defy both common sense and what the EPA was saying.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
• The time is now, before the 2023 tax season starts, for the IRS to show some common sense and get this done.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
• The core message of your book seems to be an appeal to common sense.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 14 June 2024
• Justin bib tried to bring common sense to a tax abatement program in the city.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
• The adult ought to have more common sense than to tell a teen to do this perilous antic.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• No one with a pound of common sense suggested the Big Ten was down this year.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2023
• But common sense goes out the window when politicians play the blame game.
  — Andy Puzder, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
• And the answer, from a common sense perspective, seemed to be yes.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
• That is common sense, but already the holes in the safety net are growing wider.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
• Guest opinion: The Supreme Court went out of its way to ignore common sense on bump stocks.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024