How to Use sensibility in a Sentence

sensibility

noun
  • The writer is remembered most for his sensibility.
  • She's a woman of poetic sensibility.
  • There’s a new sensibility that needs a point of view.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2025
  • It was all scripted, but a lot of the asides and quips were his own sensibility.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The fake rom-com of Bros makes light of gay male sensibility.
    — Armond White, National Review, 30 Sep. 2022
  • But in the end, her sensibility wins out.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This was a fugitive sensibility with a shroud of shame around it.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Art can show you depth and sensibility.
    — Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
  • And her sensibility wound up not far from Lynch’s.
    — Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The gap between those sensibilities is where most biopics live.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
  • His style and sensibilities are finely tuned to what will play well online.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
  • We have been gas lamped into thinking these are fine for our sensibilities.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a kind of a Robin Hood sensibility to it all.
    — ABC News, 20 May 2026
  • Make the stuff that feels as close to your sensibility as possible.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Not just the music but the entire sensibility of what's around that.
    — Bryan Rolli, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • But her goal, in the best work, was never sensibility or affect.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The same sensibility goes for adult children who want to give a pet to a senior parent.
    — Leanne Italie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Each stone becomes a one-of-a-kind piece that reflects your sensibility.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That sensibility at that moment in time, worldwide, was the right thing.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The group later took heat for putting out what some saw as pop sensibility masquerading as punk.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The show is not only proof of their comedic brilliance but a defense of their sensibility.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The best way to bring that sensibility, of course, is plenty of windows to let the sunshine in.
    — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Their sensibilities were tied up in a love of comedy even more than horror.
    — William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Coastal grandma style is a state of mind, a lifestyle sensibility, and a decor trend all rolled into one.
    — Jennifer Cegielski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
  • Let the cheetah print speak for your sensibilities.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2026
  • As time goes on young adults refine their lists and sensibilities, and along the way find their own voice, their people, their tribe.
    — Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Will the show’s sensibility still land?
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Colors run the gamut from black to sage green—in other words, there’s a shade for every style sensibility.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The design of the house takes its visual cues and sensibility from the artist’s practice.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 17 Feb. 2021
  • That's the sensibility but not the sense, not a percept of a specific face.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021

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