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Meanings of sense in English
Synonyms
Examples for "gumption"
Examples for "gumption"
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Takes the gumption right out of me. I started to sit up.
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I could use a dose of Ginger's gumption to really enjoy it.
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Those who need the most help haven't the gumption to find it.
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You have to admire his gumption given the negativity surrounding his profession.
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I don't know, maybe I just didn't have the gumption it took.
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He said a common sense approach to the Covid-19 situation was needed.
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She said the bylaw takes a common sense approach to the problem.
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Thereafter, however, common sense decrees that public buildings must take their chances.
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Shooting and farming groups said the changes were modest and common sense.
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Waikato's medical officer of health Felicity Dumble says common sense has prevailed.
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How Democracy Ends is a wonderful read and contains much good sense.
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We have a very good sense of mutual mission, Mr Bremmer said.
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You've had a very good sense of style for a long time.
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I had thought good sense would prevail now that Vaughn was gone.
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He had good looks, a sharp mind, and good sense of humor.
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You've lost a whole lot of horse sense since I knew you.
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Giving U.S. workers some paid time off just makes horse sense.
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The law of compensation itself is the quintessence of horse sense.
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With hands... -with tools... with horse sense and science and engineering.
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To be possessed of horse sense is a most valuable asset.
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He was rather a silent man, though not deficient in mother wit.
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She hesitated, but her mother wit soon extricated her from the difficulty.
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Where shall we look for mother wit?-orsay, common suckling's instinct?
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Rufus was not largely endowed with mother wit, or prudence.
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Will my caterpillars show a little of his mother wit?
The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
Usage of sense in English
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Yet Rue's words made sense: one could not oppose violence with violence.
2
He said a common sense approach to the Covid-19 situation was needed.
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She said the bylaw takes a common sense approach to the problem.
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Good management that combined business sense with investments in health and education.
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Building a nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom makes simple sense.
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How Democracy Ends is a wonderful read and contains much good sense.
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Analysts at Credit Suisse, however, said the deal still made strategic sense.
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It made great sense: They had not lost their power to reason.
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Many South Africans are somewhat reluctantly feeling a sense of hope today.
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Nuclear war meant human extinction, so war no longer made any sense.
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Thereafter, however, common sense decrees that public buildings must take their chances.
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Common sense said he didn't need it, but instinct said he did.
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The actions of Scaf, however, have in a sense clarified the situation.
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Common sense went out the window at Fulham a long time ago.
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The first thing we need therefore, is a sense of national direction.
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You said she had a sense of right and wrong, Vienna said.
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Translations for sense
Spanish
Sense through the time
Sense across language varieties
Canada
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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