How to Use make sense in a Sentence

make sense

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  • There are some things that make sense, there's a lot of things that don't.
    CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t judge it or try to make sense of it, just write what comes to mind.
    Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In this case, Tavia Nyong'o is like, that does not make sense.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Cooney and her husband couldn’t get the numbers to make sense.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Lasers make sense Lasers make a lot of sense in the vast emptiness space.
    IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Cadrez was overjoyed to see them, but struggled to make sense of the scene.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But to me, beyond even the content, is the fact that this does not make sense.
    Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The trade-off doesn’t make sense for how this thing’s going to be driven.
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • If the Tigers end up trading him, this is the kind of team that would make sense.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But as the room discussed it, the story started to make sense.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And there’s a point in time in which [playing the role] just won’t make sense anymore.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The gods were there only as a way for people to make sense of the senseless.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • One yearns for the breakthrough, the epiphany, the point, that will make sense of it all, and thus cure it.
    Lauren Oyler, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Does that make sense in regards to the timing of a project’s campaign?
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2025
  • Still, a potential Rutschman trade could make sense down the line.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • If a concept just doesn’t make sense, try explaining it out loud to a friend.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • If those questions are answered well, waiting can make sense.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Based on those gains, some profit taking to close out the quarter might make sense.
    Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Take charge, speak for yourself and question anything that doesn’t make sense.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
  • While there could be other targets in the draft and free agency, those two make sense.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But not all metals are built alike, and not all of them make sense for every investor right now.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And my life can finally make sense to the people who matter to me.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Those are the deals that make sense for the Panthers at this stage of their quest to contend.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Well, who in that group would make sense to trade that teams around the league would be interested in?
    Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The whole thing comes apart for a second as Blake’s voice struggles to make sense of the chaos.
    Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
  • People might be craving horror as a way to make sense of this madness.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Her signature makeup doesn’t make sense on top of a pretty dress.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • These outfits all make sense when the ladies end the night in one of the windows of the red-light district.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The idea of boosting your immune system doesn’t make sense for lots of reasons.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In any case, a multi-year return for O'Neill could make sense.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

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