The phrase "a sense of measure" is a correct and usable phrase in written English. It is typically used to refer to exercising moderation or avoiding excess. For example, "Having a sense of measure is essential for making balanced decisions.".
But there must always be a sense of measure".
"To some extent one can agree with the portrait or something," he said, "but there must always be a sense of measure".
Although molecular biomarkers may create a sense of measured vulnerability in cancer patients, by making the invisible visible they are simultaneously a reassuring sign – potentially more reassuring than absence itself, given its semiotic potency.
While this numeric gaze seems to develop on both sides of the risk divide, with those 'at risk' of cancer and those 'at risk' of cancer recurrence or progression each developing a sense of measured vulnerability, I have suggested that there are some potentially important differences in the meaning of these technologies for those living with realised risk.
We lost all sense of measure.
To think of the Supreme Court without her fills many Americans with a sense of loss a measure of her importance and, in my view, an acknowledgement of her brilliant and balanced wisdom.
The Rip Tide, Beirut's third album, operates with a new sense of measure.
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Cristina Valenza
Retail Lead Linguist @ Apple Inc.