SENSE in a Sentence

Learn SENSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
410 example sentences for SENSE, such as:
1. Mark had the good sense not to argue.
2. I credit him with a certain amount of sense.
3. I read the article over and over till it made sense.
4. I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
5. I have no trouble,just a sense of security is too weak.
Search Quotes from Classic Book
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of SENSE
sense
 v.  comprehend
 n.  a natural appreciation or ability
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As he strode along through the snow the sense of such meanings glowed in his brain and mingled with the bodily flush produced by his sharp tramp.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Ethan had the sense of having done something arch and ingenious.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  At length they sighted the group of larches at Ethan's gate, and as they drew near it the sense that the walk was over brought back his words.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  But now all desire for change had vanished, and the sight of the little enclosure gave him a warm sense of continuance and stability.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
5  He felt all the more sorry for the girl because misfortune had, in a sense, indentured her to them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
6  But for the moment his sense of relief was so great as to preclude all other feelings.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
7  The mere fact of obeying her orders, of feeling free to go about his business again and talk with other men, restored his shaken balance and magnified his sense of what he owed her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
8  Ethan was suffocated with the sense of well-being.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
9  Except when he was steering a big log down the mountain to his mill he had never known such a thrilling sense of mastery.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
10  After a moment Mattie seemed to be affected by the same sense of constraint.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
11  He luxuriated in the sense of protection and authority which his words conveyed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
12  He still had but a confused sense of what she was saying.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
13  His wife's attitude was unchanged, her face inexorable, and he was seized with the despairing sense of his helplessness.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
14  It was the sense of his helplessness that sharpened his antipathy.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
15  Then the sense of unreality overcame him once more, and he could not bring himself to believe that Mattie stood there for the last time before him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
1  Kozelek expresses his sense of desolation absolutely without self-pity.
2  She felt a great sense of pride as she watched him accept the award.
3  It gives you a sense of achievement if you actually make it to the end of a very long book.
4  In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed.
5  An historical awareness also imparts a sense of continuity.
6  I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
7  Regular outings contribute to a sense of fellowship among co-workers.
8  The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.
9  I credit him with a certain amount of sense.
10  Mark had the good sense not to argue.
11  I read the article over and over till it made sense.
12  The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.
13  I have no trouble,just a sense of security is too weak.
14  Men of courage, men of sense, and menof letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen.
15  I don't understand this book--I can see no sense in it.