How to Use sensible in a Sentence

sensible

1 of 2 adjective
  • She was sensible enough to stop driving when she got too tired.
  • She wore a sensible coat.
  • My teacher gave me some sensible advice.
  • This is a sensible deal for both sides.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Two stops in an evening is sensible.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Could there be a sensible deal there, though?
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • That mixed approach may prove to be the most sensible one.
    — Chris Teague, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The rain will be steady though, so keep those jackets and sensible shoes handy.
    — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The hounds quickly brought a sow to bay and got good, sensible holds on her ears.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But that’s not sensible, say some sports medicine experts.
    — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
  • She was dressed in slacks and sensible shoes and a coveted green apron.
    — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Taking the sensible route is best as the moon and Venus clash.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The ordeal was no longer a senseless drive to nowhere but a sensible one to nowhere.
    — Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • The saver is told the holding is the sensible, boring sort.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • That would be a sensible reform.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The idea of suspending the state’s gas tax has arisen yet again, a sensible idea in tough times.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Be practical, sensible and safe – but don’t give in to fear.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Some are more sensible than others.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Sneakers and jeans keep it sensible for running around.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
  • What Blinken and the others on the panel had to say was sober and sensible.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The only sensible strategy, amid it all, was to take in as many movies as one could.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There are too many small, sensible deals out there to clean up teams’ books and line things up for an active summer.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These were sensible design choices for that era.
    — Bob Diamond, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Her demeanor is kind and sensible, her eyes piercing; a deep line furrows her brows.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • However, the high price point is less sensible.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This walk is less than a mile on reasonably flat ground (wear sensible shoes anyway).
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Four of those five also bat lefty, so there aren’t any sensible platoon options to help.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Add a duster coat and leather knee-high boots for sensible finishing touches.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Does Clark do the sensible thing, turn around, and flee this nine-to-five Narnia?
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • But is this the most sensible profession?
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026

sensible

2 of 2 noun
  • However, this is boxing and rarely does the sensible trump the nonsensical.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And there may be larger market forces at work that make a single-source contractor for HLS sensible.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Some see the investments as sensible for an organization sitting on enormous cash reserves.
    — Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2016
  • But if the jury is still out, things would need to change on several fronts in order to make retaining Locadia sensible and feasible.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
  • Fe Noel’s louche dresses, flowing trousers, and signature billowing sleeves prove that sensible can also be sensual.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Those settling in America in the 17th century thought idleness was sinful, and a six-day workweek sensible.
    — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • This, and its lower price, make the 285K sensible for strenuous productivity use, with some light gaming on the side.
    — PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
  • If Britain’s national defense relies on an America that is now stretched and resentful of its burden, is this sensible either?
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2020
  • While nobody sensible would label any backcountry travel in Alaska a walk in the park, Katmai’s terrain adds extra challenges—and rewards.
    — Katie Orlinsky, National Geographic, 27 May 2020
  • Voters in 2020, more than anything else, want sensible, unifying leadership to rid our country of its present angry polarization.
    — Ted Van Dyk, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Since late November, tens of thousands of farmers have camped on Delhi’s borders to protest sensible but politically risky new laws that give the private sector a bigger role in agriculture.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2020
  • This decision, while sensible given the popular stigma surrounding psychedelics, may also increase the business challenges facing MindMed and Compass.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Like a small-town freshman who can’t navigate his huge new college campus, Professor Nieuwendyk misses most of his (fake) classes to spend time with Mona Margadoff (Mary Steenburgen), a music theory instructor whose impulsive spirit proves irresistible to the ever-sensible egghead.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2025

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