Example sentences for: senses

How can you use “senses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Because dictionary users became accustomed to seeing words and senses of which they disapproved (in formal contexts) bearing the Colloquial label, the word colloquial began to undergo pejoration itself.

  • Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry suggested Gingrich is in cahoots with billionaire conspiracy theorist Richard Mellon Scaife, adding that "as soon as [Gingrich] comes back to his senses, we'll do business."

  • This 19th-century covered market is an overflowing cornucopia of delights for the senses: fresh fish; meats; sausages; fruits and vegetables; and all kinds of spices, neatly braided ropes of garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and peppers, preserves, and sweetmeats, to make a gourmand swoon.

  • Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."

  • In Fowler's Modern English Usage one of the more intriguing entries is Legerdemain in Two Senses . Under that heading he points out the sneaky way in which one word is often two-faced in the sense that its first meaning gets switched when it is used the second time in a sentence.


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