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!
-
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
-
The adult ought to have more common sense than to tell a teen to do this perilous antic.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2021
-
No one with a pound of common sense suggested the Big Ten was down this year.
—
Zach Osterman,
The Indianapolis Star,
4 Jan. 2023
-
But common sense goes out the window when politicians play the blame game.
—
Andy Puzder,
WSJ,
9 Jan. 2022
-
And the answer, from a common sense perspective, seemed to be yes.
—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Dec. 2022
-
That is common sense, but already the holes in the safety net are growing wider.
—
Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2022
-
Come on, the lament goes, show some compassion and common sense.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
8 Oct. 2021
-
Guest opinion: The Supreme Court went out of its way to ignore common sense on bump stocks.
—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2024
-
Plus, to him, the idea of expanding a coaching staff is just common sense.
—
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2022
-
Yet sadly, the United States has betrayed the common sense of the common good.
—
Michael Kazin,
The New Republic,
8 Sep. 2023
-
Just follow the science — follow the logic and the common sense.
—
Nate Hochman,
National Review,
26 Feb. 2022
-
And there was a common sense of humor, which comes from the Jewish background.
—
Virginia Heffernan,
Wired,
11 July 2022
-
Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense.
—
Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo,
Quartz,
26 Feb. 2024
-
But, when the Internet gets in a frenzy, common sense tends to go on a coffee break.
—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2023
-
Jung-sook, played by Kim So-yeon, is married to a man with so little common sense the family often struggles to pay the rent.
—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
12 Oct. 2024
-
While this sounds like common sense, pantry shelves can hide things like a can of tuna that expired back in the Bush presidency or a box of crackers that were used to ring in New Year back in 2020.
—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'common sense.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
