How to Use sensibility in a Sentence
sensibility
noun- The writer is remembered most for his sensibility.
- She's a woman of poetic sensibility.
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It was all scripted, but a lot of the asides and quips were his own sensibility.
— Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Over the course of a game, Cruz shows off her Bay Area sensibilities.
— Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024 -
The fake rom-com of Bros makes light of gay male sensibility.
— Armond White, National Review, 30 Sep. 2022 -
The best way to bring that sensibility, of course, is plenty of windows to let the sunshine in.
— Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 22 Nov. 2022 -
Then there’s also the kind of sensibility and the worldview that Stuart kind of presents in his lyrics.
— Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024 -
The patterned sensibility of prints is a good fit for Paris.
— Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Whatever your sensibility, here's how to make the most of your visit to the Balearics.
— Jessica Benavides Canepa, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023 -
The same sensibility goes for adult children who want to give a pet to a senior parent.
— Leanne Italie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023 -
The series is too full of old sensibilities about cops and robbers, about the justice system and about a lawman's place in the world.
— Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023 -
As time goes on young adults refine their lists and sensibilities, and along the way find their own voice, their people, their tribe.
— Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Baked into the morning-after fit is a lesson: Here’s the sensibility needed to move through the world and not be crushed by it.
— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Three years studying in the United States as a teen gave her a taste of Western sensibilities.
— Sara Austin, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023 -
No big jump to see the black-and-white Saul episodes as an expansion of that Bad episode's breakaway sensibility.
— Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 -
By the 1990s, the adult sensibility that Mr. Lear brought to television found a new home in cable drama.
— Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023 -
Coastal grandma style is a state of mind, a lifestyle sensibility, and a decor trend all rolled into one.
— Jennifer Cegielski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023 -
The show is not only proof of their comedic brilliance but a defense of their sensibility.
— Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024 -
But residents say a more ominous sensibility hangs over the city and the country.
— Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 -
With Apple on board, Watts went to work on the script, tailoring it to the actors' sensibilities and friendship.
— Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024 -
There is no city in the world that is home to more Jews than New York, and no city in this country as defined by Jewish sensibility and culture.
— Katherine Rosman Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023 -
That, to me, is a slightly different sensibility about how a world is filmed on camera than pulling it straight from a book.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024 -
Also, did the use of the artist’s husband’s name honor her, or should the writer have been more cognizant of today’s sensibilities?
— Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The story behind that famous bank robbery and shootout in 1997 seemed like a perfect match for you and your sensibilities.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Noah Holton-Raphael, co-owner of Ggiata, believes the new arrivals share an on-the-cusp sensibility.
— Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022 -
The three represent a big-tent sensibility in which there is something for everyone and room for each film to thrive.
— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023 -
And while most electric cars have speed limiters set low for reasons of both range and sensibility, the EV6 GT is capable of 161 mph.
— Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2022 -
With the title song, Springsteen sets up his soul album as a statement of his sensibility.
— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022 -
Schütte’s sensibility owes a lot to the dampened, depressed ethos of postwar Germany.
— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Hopefully the role will be infused with her sensibility and her natural humor and strength and wit.
— Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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