Sensible means Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like sensitive or aware.
Sensible in a sentence
Sensible meaning
- Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
- Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
- Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
Synonyms of Sensible
Example sentences (20)
But even with a quarter century of work in the country under its belt, does Sri Lanka remain a sensible bet for IFS?
This made them sensible for U.S. colonial-era ventures that could not be financed by one individual or entity alone.
Similarly to limiting screen time, it's sensible to restrict your child's use of to a maximum of two hours a day.
It helps to remember in all cases that Cython isn’t magic—sensible real-world performance practices still apply.
Purchase your tickets online, bring a light jacket as the cave is 52 degrees year round and wear sensible shoes.
After getting the cold shoulder from the MSM and having run out of cash, he did the sensible thing and called it quits.
Be sensible when setting goals and don’t try to lose more than 1-2 pounds weekly unless directed by a doctor.
Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at Hargreaves Lansdown, described the move as a "really sensible step".
It’s how sensible and responsible officials are supposed to conduct themselves in a mature political system.
So it seems as if it might be the sensible — even advisable — approach to be fully aware of what, of who, could lie ahead.
Those who choose hybrids over EVs are going to see the Accord Hybrid as a sensible, sporty way to electrify.
We don't think that is a sensible plan either for the village of Furnace or the asylum seekers themselves.
Either they must stop inventing, or, what is more sensible, the rest of us must begin thinking very hard.
Some people call a man who "tells it to ya straight" a sensible dick, but I call that a logical phallusy.
Yet the Artemis principles are mostly sensible and guard against mutual vulnerabilities and shared risks.
Another concerned parent added: 'The issuing of a red card is neither sensible or a reasonable response.
We did not make the investments they were after, and it has proved a sensible, reasoned decision since.
Another added: 'I have an incredibly sensible 15 (almost 16) year-old and I would as long as they were also comfortable with it.
I wonder if women footballers are generally more sensible than their male counterparts because they're not on megabuck salaries.
Almost never playing sensible or realistic strategies, the AI can make race-altering decisions that cost them for no apparent reason.
Common combinations with sensible
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sensible and 17×
- the sensible 16×
- be sensible 12×
- sensible to 12×
- and sensible 12×
- more sensible 11×
- are sensible 10×
- is sensible 10×
- most sensible 8×
- very sensible 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word sensible. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.