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!
• Because quite frankly, most of the things in that bill are common sense.
  — NBC News, 20 June 2021
• This is common sense and should not be hard to implement.
  — Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
• But even here the court must utilize its good common sense in applying these rules.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• Many of the fatalities in national parks are preventable with some common sense.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 5 July 2021
• The existing motive of compassion for the inmates should now have a new ally, a hefty dose of common sense.
  — Champ Lyons Jr., al, 18 June 2021
• Radical ideas moved from the fringes toward the heart of progressive politics, crowding out common sense.
  — Aron Ravin, National Review, 9 July 2021
• Liberals and conservatives alike can and should unite behind the causes of compassion and common sense.
  — Champ Lyons Jr., al, 18 June 2021
• Our campaign stood on principles — that were fueled by the values of common sense, compassion and consensus.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
• Several other pieces of advice fall into the same common sense category.
  — Washington Post, 23 June 2021
• You may be invited to try a few risky stunts, like lighting firecrackers under the grandstand or popping wheelies on a bike, but common sense should prevail.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 3 July 2021
• But those players might have been hoisting a championship trophy next week if somebody had indoctrinated them with a little common sense.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 26 June 2021
• The residents deserve policymakers who listen and lead with common sense.
  — Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• Still, a little common sense will separate the genuine articles from the disingenuous.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• Even with this common sense stowed away somewhere in our brains, gracious hosts can't help but want everything to be as close to perfect as possible for their guests (yes, even in the rooms no one will enter).
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
• Caution, common sense and chaperones can mean the difference between a memorable vacation and a vacation one would rather not remember.
  — Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• Get the facts and figures and choose to use common sense.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• One of the best weapons against jet lag is common sense.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Then, Zverev seemed to lose his mind, or at least his common sense.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024