Common sense is not so common. From LearnThat.org. [Voltaire (1694-1778), French philosopher.]
I sense his hostility. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This robot can sense the presence of people in the room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Common sense is not so common. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Fortunately she had the good sense to run away. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sense of security. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sense of happiness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sense of danger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sense of self. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A keen musical sense. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A good sense of timing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In the best sense charity is really a duty. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A people without this sense is a people with no real sense at all. From Wordnik.com. [In Their Words: Industry Experts on Why Hunting Is In Decline] Reference
LEMMON: Well, I don't -- his sense of humor, of what we call a sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2001] Reference
He justifies such an irrational move, out of what he calls a sense of fairness. From Wordnik.com. [The Elephant Bar] Reference
BRUNSON: In fact, ma'am, the military, to me, gave me what I call a sense of purpose. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2008] Reference
(It differs but in a single letter from the received reading, and the sense is the same). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
My 'sense' is that it's a winter-y green, hitting STL when it's very early spring in California. From Wordnik.com. [Watercress, Clementine & Blue Cheese Salad ◄ | A Veggie Venture] Reference
There is that in us which we call the sense or Idea of beauty, and we recognise it in works of art. From Wordnik.com. [Cobwebs of Thought] Reference
A large number (my sense is a clear majority) are for fewer overall immigrants coming to the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarian Critiques of AZ Immigration Law] Reference
The other sense is a collection of information stored on a computer, usually in binary form, as in (2). From Wordnik.com. [2008 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Some of the last lines of the first paragraph are not quite legible, but I think the sense is here given. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference
“Independent agency” in this sense is a tautology, as that is a term that was coined to describe the Fed. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Monetary Policy is Policy; The Fed is a Government Agency] Reference
Few books possess the power to leave the reader with that feeling of awareness which we call a sense of revelation. From Wordnik.com. [Hell Reconsidered] Reference
As interdependents, therefore, we have no other choice than to develop what I call a sense of universal responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [The 14th Dalai Lama �������� Nobel Lecture] Reference
One half of him, which in a sense is the whole of him, can act as resolutely, even as violently if need be, as anyone else. From Wordnik.com. [Writers and Leviathan] Reference
The very definition of a joke is that it need have no sense; except that one wild and supernatural sense which we call the sense of humour. From Wordnik.com. [Alarms and Discursions] Reference
I refuse to debate whether or not this plan makes long-term sense for 2 reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Minyanville] Reference
Spasmodic was used in a pejorative sense by her mentor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson. From Wordnik.com. [Biography Speculates Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy] Reference
The Romans were great creators of civilization, though in a different sense from the Greeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
And I don ` t mean that in a pejorative sense; he actually, literally, dresses like a clown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2007] Reference
There's going to be a long-term sense that Latinos are doing something bad to our communities. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2006] Reference
It can also help with the short-term sense of depression that some smokers have when they quit. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This is often used in a pejorative sense to highlight how unproductive someone or an organization is. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Really, in a long-term sense, that's the solution for bin Laden and Afghanistan terrorism in general. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2003] Reference
String theory's critics, by contrast, see it as a form of metaphysics (in the pejorative sense of this term). From Wordnik.com. [New Humanist Blog] Reference
JHU CHILDREN'S CENTER: Before the bad symptoms start, patients tend to have this thing we call a sense of impending doom. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2005] Reference
But she wants students to develop "a long-term sense of social responsibility" regardless of the medical field they enter. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
That observation is not intended in a pejorative sense, indeed many blogs with a political orientation share that characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [1. MajorityRights.com (main blog)] Reference
Being an autodidact, reading source code makes much sense than reading the English words used to describe the programming concepts. From Wordnik.com. [fullasagoog.com full roast blend] Reference
This strategy may make short-term sense to avoid any Bidenisms escaping her mouth, but in the long run this may backfire on McCain. From Wordnik.com. [WNYMedia] Reference
The Germans have a very long-term sense of what are the strategic priorities for Europe today, the importance of reaching out to the East. From Wordnik.com. [Backgrounder On Us Germany Relations Enroute To Bonn] Reference
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