How to Use sense in a Sentence

sense

1 of 2 noun
  • All of my senses were on the alert for danger.
  • We had a sense that something wasn't quite right.
  • His senses were clear despite his illness.
  • That made a lot of sense for me.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This one makes a ton of sense here.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • None of it seemed to make any sense.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Make sure the plan cost still makes sense.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • On one hand the deal made sense at the time.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • And don't leave your sense of style at the back door.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • So the fact that my mom had it doesn't make any sense.
    — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The other is a strong sense of place.
    — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The work that came up just made sense for Bob.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There is some sense in that approach.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • In that sense, today was déjà vu.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The comments just make no sense.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • That makes more sense to people.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Makes no sense to blame anybody.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Beaker Band made good sense.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a sense of angst and pining.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no sense of them pushing it.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Our sense of what is there expands.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Priester could have felt a sense of relief.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • So it was all very fated in that sense.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
  • Uh, so just a feast for the senses.
    — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
  • Please talk some sense into me.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
  • Which offer makes sense for you?
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • What was your own sense of their motives?
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What does all this mean in a big-picture sense?
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
  • That’s fair, no problem in that sense.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Fashion, in this sense, does not stage strength.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026

sense

2 of 2 verb
  • A motion detector can sense movement.
  • She immediately sensed my dislike.
  • Atlanta seemed to sense that, too.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Ayewa has sensed judgment from some of the jazz elite.
    — Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Did Swift sense what was coming?
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • For the last three games, Towns has sensed and done all of those things.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Odd to be so close without sensing the pain in my body.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • Weir sensed in recent weeks that a change was coming.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • People sense the gap between what is said and what is felt.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • By the end of his round, Berger could sense what lay ahead.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Laura, tell us about that closet door that made noooooo sense?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Both sense this is just the beginning.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The exec sensed that something was off.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
  • People may have sensed that, but the study puts data on the bones.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Just how much plants can sense in the world around them has long puzzled researchers.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Youngblood seemed to sense that tension.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But sensing the problem is not the same as solving it.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The Ukrainians sensed that time was running out.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Dudek sensed the growing tension.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The rhetoric was heated, but Guo seemed to sense that the scene wasn’t much to look at.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Walsh could sense Brown wasn’t going to let the Celtics slip much.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • And yet, Rachel senses, something is not right.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Nor did the toddler seem to sense his mom’s anxiety.
    — Maeva Bambuck, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Buyers sense a bargain, sellers hope for a war.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • One senses the slow seething just below his surface.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Lina pauses in her work, sensing what’s about to happen.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The operators are the ones who sense it.
    — Nitin Murali, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • What is shifting now is the sensing layer.
    — Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Across the kitchen, his mother turned to us, somehow able to sense the misaligned cut.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023

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