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!
  • There are some common sense steps.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • There was no place for calm or common sense.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • That’s just common sense to me.
    — David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Look at blue zones, common sense.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 16 May 2026
  • Each dish and recipe howls with a common sense of place.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 14 Apr. 2026
  • That's not war, that's common sense.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That's not war, that's common sense.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That's not war — that's common sense.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, there's common sense.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That’s not -- that’s just common sense.
    — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • But how about just a little common sense?
    — Elvia Limon - 09, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025
  • To me, that seemed to defy common sense.
    — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Either have some common sense and wear a damn mask or pay a fine.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2021
  • But there's a lot of problems that can be solved with common sense.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2020
  • But people should use their common sense.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a common sense aspect to this.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Get training and have some common sense.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has called its safeguards common sense.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Then, Zverev seemed to lose his mind, or at least his common sense.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Because quite frankly, most of the things in that bill are common sense.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2021
  • Let’s show some common sense and restraint.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • People with common sense know it.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • What is a ‘common sense’ handball?
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of it is just common sense and decency.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The core message of your book seems to be an appeal to common sense.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • 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
  • But maybe the lack of common sense displayed here has little to do with it.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 12 June 2020

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