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.
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.
Common sense is not so common. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Fortunately she had the good sense to run away. 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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