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
• 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
• 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
• 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 maybe the lack of common sense displayed here has little to do with it.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 12 June 2020
• But common sense goes out the window when politicians play the blame game.
  — Andy Puzder, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
• Of course, use common sense -- wear masks when going to the restroom in rest stops.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• 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
• To stay safe around wildlife, use common sense and give animals a lot of room.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2020
• It is staffed by a small group of volunteers, some of whom are experts and some of whom are applying common sense.
  — Nick Nuttall, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
• Set boundaries that range from strict legal compliance that can’t be ignored or changed to issues where common sense prevails.
  — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025