How to Use rational in a Sentence

rational

adjective

• Does any of this make any sense in a rational world?
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• This is not to say that all states are rational all the time.
  — Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Her rational brain doesn't stand a chance.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• Mass death, yes, but rational mass death.
  — Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• None of this has to be fully rational.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
• The calm person is heard as rational.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• On the one hand, my rational adult self understands that this is the end.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 May 2023
• To many in Europe, this was a rational choice.
  — Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
• Then the most rational play is to back the founder directly.
  — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
• And is there a rational business plan attached to it?
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
• My rational brain knew Mom must be nearby.
  — Katie Jackson, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
• On the surface, this looks rational.
  — Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• There’s no longer a rational impulse.
  — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• There’s no longer a rational impulse.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
• Our world, our universe and the cosmos are rational.
  — Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
• This is one where time must pass before a rational decision is made.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
• This is a workforce making a rational call.
  — Dan Adika, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• But Priem has said the choice felt entirely rational at the time.
  — Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
• To save her daughter, a mother must leave her rational world views behind.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
• Any rational fan should expect some growing pains.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
• Any rational person would agree that the border is too porous.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• People — rational people, people who are not drunk or high — have said great stuff.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• Sometimes the only rational thing is to keep your fingers crossed.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• So there is no logic or any rational decisions made.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
• Each decision is rational on its own.
  — Joern Hackbarth, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• For some, though, the appeal of extra passports is less rational.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• The trick is to remember this the next time a rational decision seems like too much.
  — Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
• Often in the space of a couple of hours, a rational decision can be formed and agreed to.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• The rational response is to stop working.
  — Nicole Jorwic, STAT, 23 June 2026
• There seemed to be a rational acceptance of the outcome.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025