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
• Because quite frankly, most of the things in that bill are common sense.
  — NBC News, 20 June 2021
• Our ideals need to be tempered by a dose of common sense.
  — Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• There’s right and there’s wrong, and there’s common sense and there’s abuse of power.
  — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2020
• There’s right and there’s wrong, and there’s common sense, and there’s abuse of power.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2020
• 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
• This isn’t the first time Rodriguez didn’t use common sense.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 16 Oct. 2019
• 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
• A lot of it's just common sense stuff that causes a lot the problems.
  — Peter D'abrosca , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
• The core message of your book seems to be an appeal to common sense.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 14 June 2024
• But there's a lot of problems that can be solved with common sense.
  — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2020
• Justin bib tried to bring common sense to a tax abatement program in the city.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
• Either have some common sense and wear a damn mask or pay a fine.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2021
• But the truth is that the message the group is advancing is common sense.
  — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
• The adult ought to have more common sense than to tell a teen to do this perilous antic.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Start with what the founders of this country believed, a common sense of ethics from some agreed upon source.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
• This election this year is going to be about contrast, the good old contrast between common sense and crazy.
  — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 31 May 2026
• Suddenly, guardrails are not tyranny but common sense.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
• Satisfaction lasts longer when comfort comes with common sense in real time.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
• Enjoy the flirtation and fun without abandoning your common sense.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
• Sometimes this common sense aligns with reality.
  — Elizabeth Glazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026