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Sentences starting with sensible

Sensible people have as much consideration for the frailties of the rich as for those of the poor. [6]

Sentences ending with sensible

The lawyers are the cleverest men, the ministers are the most learned, and the doctors are the most sensible. [6]
That is not sensible. [11]
There is no reason why he should not stay, and be sensible. [11]
And yet there could not be anything more sensible. [5]
Why won't you be sensible? [11]
Isn't that sensible? [9]
Ain't that sensible? [5]
You are sensible. [10]

Short sentences using sensible

Be sensible and come. [10]
Be sensible, Bent-Anat, and come. [10]

Sentences containing sensible two or more times

For Richard Armour was a sensible man, notwithstanding his peculiarities; and perhaps the most sensible words he ever wrote were in that letter thrust unceremoniously into Frank Armour's pocket. [11]

More example sentences with the word sensible in them

But I tell you there will be sensible men enough in every ward, every guild, nay, even in the council, and among the burgomasters. [10]
And I thought you such a sensible, serious man. [11]
He--ah really was, you know, quite a sensible man. [4]
I must congratulate you and Howard on being sensible enough to start your married life simply, in the country. [9]
Through all the years, down beneath everything, there had been the helpless knowledge in her own small, garish mind that she had little sense; now she realized that she was given a chance to atone for all her pettiness by doing one great sensible thing. [11]
As the phaeton would make the distance to the station in less time than the car, this seemed the sensible thing to do, and Denzil's spirits fell. [11]
Nor could we wish for a more sensible or a juster governor! [10]
Poor William Wetherell, who was quite overwhelmed by the fact that the great Mr. Duncan had actually read his letters and liked them, could scarcely utter a sensible word. [9]
The manner in which he had attempted to rid himself of the rival seemed criminal enough, yet the nocturnal attack had scarcely concerned him personally, and he would not condemn the man who was usually so calm and sensible without having heard him. [10]
The sober-minded, sensible, well-instructed Dr. Butts was not a little exercised in mind by the demands made upon his knowledge by his young friend, and for the time being his pupil, Miss Lurida Vincent. [6]
Mrs. Holt's remark was to the effect that Honora was going to a sensible home. [9]
But my father was sensible enough to advise me not to accept,--if I could refuse without offending her Majesty. [9]
I know I was not out of order; and I know every sensible man in the House knows it. [7]
I remember how warmly he praised Confucius's command not to love our fellow-men but to respect them, and how sensible and beautiful it seemed to me, too, in those days. [10]
Her point of view, eminently sensible as it was, exasperated me. [9]
She loved him too much, and was too quiet and sensible, to be baptized, and thus expose him, the heathen high-priest, to the danger of being deprived of the power which she knew to be necessary to his happiness. [10]
When you came to this parish you seemed to have a sensible, a proportional view of things; you were content to confine your activities to your own sphere, content not to meddle with politics and business, which you could, at first hand, know nothing about. [9]
You have only to see what kinds of instruction they very commonly flock to in order to guess whether they would be likely to prove sensible practitioners. [6]
The best way to manage--in fact, the only sensible way--is to disguise repetitiousness of fact under variety of form: skin your fact each time and lay on a new cuticle of words. [5]
In the mean time, while medical theories are coming in and going out, there is a set of sensible men who are never run away with by them, but practise their art sagaciously and faithfully in much the same way from generation to generation. [3]
And yet I thought it was better to run that risk, more manly, more sensible, than to give way to the fears which made my flesh tremble as did Sir Cloudesley Shovel's. [6]
I was at this time sensible of no pain, and little uneasiness; I can give you no better idea of my situation than by repeating my simile of the bowl of spirit of hartshorn. [5]
Their reason for this is exceedingly sensible, and I recommend it to the aristocracy of Europe: They say it is easy to know who a man's mother was, but, etc., etc. [5]
Your explanation of this Galligan case seems a sensible one, although it's depressing. [9]
Now after making this allowance, the truth remained that if I could find out something about a castle before ringing the door-bell--I mean hailing the warders--it was the sensible thing to do. [5]
More and more they withdrew themselves, unwittingly and painfully, from the understanding and companionship of the usual matter-of-fact, commonplace, sensible people--the settler, the emigrant, and the British man. [11]
Had he remained, there would have been no need of scourging our steeds to death, and that at an hour when every sensible leader lets his men gather round the camp-fires to eat their suppers and play draughts. [10]
How fortunate for them they did not sooner become sensible of their great misery! [7]
Why not put the whole system of criminal jurisprudence and procedure for the suppression of crime upon a sensible and scientific basis? [4]
They were still the same men in the flesh and in the elements of their sensible nature, but their relation to the world and to life was altogether new. [10]
In his actions, the queer little man obeyed the dictates of his heart; in his speech, his head ruled his tongue, and this seemed to him the only sensible course. [10]
Thick-headed commentators upon the Bible, and stupid preachers and teachers, work more damage to religion than sensible, cool-brained clergymen can fight away again, toil as they may. [5]
The wishing-carpet of the Arabian Nights was a sensible idea--but our earthly idea of angels flying these awful distances with their clumsy wings was foolish. [5]
They belong to that middle region between science and poetry which sensible men, as they are called, are very shy of meddling with. [6]
I made sure that gentleman was sensible of what was being said, though he scarcely moved a muscle. [9]
If this lady that autumn day had bought a plain bonnet she would have continued on in her humble, sensible way of living. [4]
That will gradually tend to work itself out as we become more sensible and better educated, and understand more clearly what is good for us. [9]
I dare not tell my father all I think, and Juste is so much a creature of moods that I am never sure whether he will be sensible and kind, or scoff. [11]
She needs a strong and sensible man. [9]
She said,--a little spitefully, I thought,--that a sensible man might stand a little praise, but would of course soon get sick of it, if he were in the habit of getting much. [6]
I thought that small book the production of a lady, and an amiable, sensible woman, and I liked it. [14]
An admirable woman, Sir, because she does good things, and even kind things,--takes care of this--this--young lady--we have here, talks like a sensible person, and always looks as if she was doing her duty with all her might. [6]
You are so sensible, and have had so much experience. [9]
She was a sensible woman, she knew that she had done wrong, and she said very promptly: "I am very sorry, miss. [11]
She is a sensible woman, and she will see that it is for Evelyn's good. [4]
I am deeply sensible to your expressions of personal attachment to me as the author of certain writings which have brought me very near to you, in virtue of some affinity in our ways of thought and moods of feeling. [6]
It is the sensible side, the prudent side; but I do admire recklessness in love. [4]
I am deeply sensible of that weighty responsibility. [7]
He was a sensible man, in short, who applied his common sense to diseases which he had studied with the best light of science that he could obtain. [3]
He was a sensible man, and he and Smith worked together in harmony for some time. [4]
I ask every sensible man if that is not so? [7]
He was a sensible fellow, and knew the world was not made for him; but it certainly had yielded to him in everything. [4]
Well, that seemed sensible enough, so I was satisfied, and said so. [5]
If you are sensible and resign from St. John's now I will settle on Alison a sufficient sum to allow you both to live in comfort and decency the rest of your lives. [9]
He'll be killed," said this more sensible man. [2]
One wanted to rush to the citadel, another to the town-hall and, in the excitement of the moment, no sensible reflection was made. [10]
With all due respect for your fancy for warming chains, it would be wise, ere Sir Red Coat--[The executioner]--puts his round our ankles for disturbing the peace, to have a sensible talk. [10]
Remember, Timothy, I rely on sensible men like you to put a stop to this nonsense. [9]
By degrees she regained composure, and she was rising, sensible of being relieved of a weighty burden, when a sudden start on Lassiter's part alarmed her. [13]
He could not refrain from uttering an oath under his breath, but his answer to the prophet was more calm and sensible than the latter had anticipated. [10]
I have as rarely met an unbiassed and sensible man who really believed in the bumps. [6]
He was really quite a sensible fellow; said he was over here to do the European tour, as he called it. [4]
He is the principal owner in the Lavalle Iron Mine, and he is one of the most sensible, sound, and upright men of my acquaintance. [4]
I would always prefer to have the privilege of printing a serious and sensible remark, in case one occurred to me, without the reader's feeling obliged to consider himself outraged. [5]
The gossips will only know that she was upset in the river and cared for by some good people,--good people and sensible people too, Mrs. Lindsay. [6]
It is made on the principle that man is an upright, sensible, reasonable being, and not a groveling wretch. [4]
The vast majority of the sensible part of the medical profession were contented, so far as we can judge, to let it die out of itself. [3]
A whole series of sensible and logical considerations showing it to be essential for him to go to Petersburg, and even to re-enter the service, kept springing up in his mind. [2]
He was sensible of being manipulated, operated, but he was helpless to escape from the performer or to fathom her motives. [8]
Is it worthy of a sensible person to suffer courage to be depressed by a sailor's gossip? [10]
If you had not been so well brought up, and were not naturally so sensible, I should fear for you. [9]
His speech last night at the Library Hall is one of the few sensible Republican speeches I have read. [9]
Come and be my sensible wife. [10]
The men accepted Mr. Vandewaters at once as a good fellow and a very sensible man. [11]
Whether she was moral, amiable, sensible, or even of good character, you did not, nor could then know, except, perhaps, you might infer the last from the company you found her in. [7]
I have rarely met a sensible man who would not allow that there was something in Phrenology. [6]
It is not mere aversion to the look of the creature, or to any sensible quality known to the common observer. [6]
And in the meanwhile I lost all respect for myself as a sensible man, and cursed the day the Celebrity came into the state. [9]
Your aunt struck me as a good and sensible woman, and it was a positive relief to know that you were to be confided to her care. [9]
He almost made me a sensible woman. [11]
It is so manifestly sensible, that it might have been thought of earlier, one would suppose. [5]
Roland, my fore man--how any sensible man can prefer it to ours is more than I understand. [10]
Can a sensible man like you have sunk so deep in folly? [10]
And now I made a mistake which any donkey might make, but a sensible man never. [5]
She talked very little, but what she did say was sensible, and proved how attentively she understood how to listen. [10]
Her sensible and kindly speech was always as good as the best instruction; her smile, though it was ever ready, was a reward. [6]
She was a kind, sensible woman, and though she at first exclaimed over their heedlessness, she addressed them with maternal tenderness and showed them to the room they were to occupy. [10]
Yet here religion itself became sensible, and wore the garb of prosperity. [9]
No sensible person in Arrowhead Village really believed in the evil eye, but it served the purpose of a temporary hypothesis, as do many suppositions which we take as a nucleus for our observations without putting any real confidence in them. [6]
By George, Crocker, I thought you were a sensible man. [9]
By the way, I think that the man who wrote the paragraph beginning at the bottom of page 643 has said a mighty sound and sensible thing. [5]
A fortnight ago I found myself in the cars with one of the most sensible and esteemed practitioners in New England. [3]
Between sensible and humane men, wasn't that the obvious way? [9]
When Ault told his wife what he had done, that sweet, domestic, and sensible woman was very far from being elated. [4]
The shoemaker and his dame from Nuremberg paused in the sensible lecture they were alternately addressing to their apprentices. [10]
Yet she devoted herself eagerly to the ship and the crew, and the fierce, lawless fellows cheerfully submitted to the sensible arrangements of their captain's beautiful, energetic wife. [10]
The leading doctor here is a shrewd, sensible man, but not versed in the curiosities of medical literature. [6]
Besides, much as he still had to say in reply to Erasmus, the sensible young man deemed it advisable to avoid the syndic's house for the present. [10]
Hoarse with fury, he issued order after order, each one sensible and eagerly obeyed. [10]
Tell me, has he a balance-wheel in his home--a sensible wife, perhaps? [11]

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