Sentence examples for a sensible length from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a sensible length" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a length that is reasonable or appropriate for a particular context or situation.
Example: "The report should be a sensible length, ensuring that it covers all necessary points without being overly lengthy."
Alternatives: "an appropriate length" or "a reasonable length".

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It was Thalberg who had watched Erich von Stroheim on "Greed," and had the picture taken over by the studio, to be reduced to a "sensible" length.

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Some stores, Ms. Erickson said, had asked for a more sensible length.

So tweed skirts and long shorts (a worryingly popular trend this week) were a sensible knee length and fun velvet wedges were a practical three inches high.

We find that stratifying microsatellites by the human length results in a sensible pattern showing that shorter loci have higher birth and death rates (fig. 3).

The woman whose memoir "Rebel Heart" portrayed MICK JAGGER dancing around in her underpants and a four-hour phone-sex session with ELVIS COSTELLO, arriving at a little dinner party in an outfit befitting a stylish headmistress: black MISSONI sweater with white shirt collar and crisp cuffs, sensible-length DONNA KARAN skirt.

Go for skirts that stop around mid-thigh to knee length, and shirts that have a sensible neckline.

A sensible….

He had a sensible plan.

It is a sensible idea.

That's a sensible strategy.

Is this a sensible conclusion?

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