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. His sense of duty is very strong.
2. Whatever you do, don't lose your sense of humour.
3. His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word.
4. He still had but a confused sense of what she was saying.
5. I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty.

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 Meanings and Examples of SENSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sense
 n.  one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch
 v.  have a feeling, without being told directly
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)
16  One's real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself.
17  In this sense, the encyclopedic cultural value and historic significance of Dunhuang are inestimable.
18  It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.
19  His sense of duty is very strong.
20  I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty.
21  I don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
22  I attack politicians with the one weapon they don't have, a sense of humor.
23  Whatever you do, don't lose your sense of humour.
24  As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder.
25  His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word.
26  This kind of behavior violates many people's sense of fair play.
27  The doctors'sense was that the girls fared well, but it remained to be determined whether they suffered any brain damage, said Dr.
28  There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out.
29  If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense.
30  Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.