How to Use make sense in a Sentence

make sense

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  • There's some things that make sense.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Like, that don't even make sense.
    — Carol Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Now it’s got to all make sense and line up.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Those are the two things that make sense to me.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Not every bike needs to make sense.
    — New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • There are only a few that would make sense.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Hitting the over seems to make sense here.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Carrots rather than sticks make sense to us.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t worry if that doesn’t make sense.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As for how to make sense of that flood of results?
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • So, who would make sense, instead?
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That’s why a lot of fashion doesn’t make sense.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There are some things that make sense, there's a lot of things that don't.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Brands, like art, don’t always need to make sense.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t judge it or try to make sense of it, just write what comes to mind.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Cubs make sense as a suitor.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Who might make sense for Denver?
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Harbuagh would make sense to pair with Ward.
    — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Trading him could make sense for the Ravens.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Did that make sense to you as a reaction?
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That doesn’t make sense to me as a logical move.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Luckily, charts can help make sense of it all.
    — Hbr Editors, Harvard Business Review, 29 Dec. 2025
  • How can leaders make sense of this market?
    — Paulo Carvão, Harvard Business Review, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In this case, Tavia Nyong'o is like, that does not make sense.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This proposal doesn’t make sense even on its own terms.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Cooney and her husband couldn’t get the numbers to make sense.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Literal truth doesn’t make sense to me.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Would a trade for Maxx Crosby make sense?
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Lasers make sense Lasers make a lot of sense in the vast emptiness space.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Cadrez was overjoyed to see them, but struggled to make sense of the scene.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025

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