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Example sentences for "great sense"

  • He was conscious of a great sense of exaltation.

  • He was beginning to experience a great sense of haste, it was two miles to Boggs' and Fentress would be there at sun-up.

  • The thought of Charley's unwavering affection gave her a great sense of peace; it was something to have inspired such devotion, she could never be quite desperate while she had him.

  • The sky gives one a great sense of distance this afternoon," Miss Abercrombie said presently.

  • His face gave her a great sense of security and trust, but at times her memory still struggled with the thought that she had met him somewhere before.

  • And Aunt Janet was dying; quite long ago Joan had forgiven the hardness from her, there was no bitterness in her heart now, only a great sense of pity.

  • When, after evening tea and a row by night in the boat, Darya Alexandrovna went alone to her room, took off her dress, and began arranging her thin hair for the night, she had a great sense of relief.

  • Darya Alexandrovna had a great sense of relief when Annushka, whom she had known for years, walked in.

  • As no one was paying any attention to him, and no one apparently needed him, he quietly slipped away into the little room where the refreshments were, and again had a great sense of comfort when he saw the waiters.

  • Bring a great sense of peace and quiet into their souls.

  • A great sense of peace settled over my heart, and I have quoted that old hymn all over France to the boys, and they have been comforted.

  • There was a great sense of quiet and peace in the ward.

  • He would have felt a great sense of relief if either of the others had made a reasonable suggestion.

  • Mrs. Vrater looked round, her with a great sense of the wisdom of Providence, and ejaculated, "This is precisely what I foresaw!

  • The Japanese claim to have a great sense of humor.

  • As we fought our way through this blizzard, I could not help feeling a great sense of depression.

  • It was vibrant with a great sense of something impending.

  • On Jennie's part there was a great sense of complication and of possible disaster.

  • A great sense of depression remained with her, and for two days it haunted her.

  • The next morning his fever was better, and the letter brought him from his hotel made the day seem for a time full of joy and brightness, but after a little while a great sense of weariness overcame him.

  • A great sense of relief filled his mind--he was free, to seek happiness wherever in the broad expanse of the world he might find it.

  • Donald turned away with a great sense of bitterness, of injustice, in his heart.

  • With a great sense of his responsibility and insufficiency the preacher declared the message of his Lord, not as he wished, but as he could.

  • When the conscience is pressed with a great sense of guilt, it seeks relief by the way of contrition and repentance, or it seeks relief by a deeper plunge into sin and guilt, as if the antidote to a poison were a larger dose of poison.

  • And there was recovery also of moral glory, in a great sense, in all this.

  • The land of the Jews is the distinguished field of blood; the blood of Jesus, in a great sense, is specially on them and their children.

  • There is a great sense of rest and happiness in the hour.

  • There is a great sense of quiet everywhere, with only the rector's voice to disturb it, when suddenly upon the startled ear falls a sound, ambiguous, but distinct.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great sense" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    great addition; great attention; great circle; great criminal; great deale; great deeds; great house; great library; great master; great mercy; great mortality; great pomp; great profit; great reputation; great risk; great sinner; great sorrow; great soul; great throb; great time; great wonder; greater proportion; greater speed; greatly diminished; greatly interested; thousand francs