Sentence examples for common sensibilities from inspiring English sources

Yet some governments offend common sensibilities to such an extent as to make them unsuitable hosts.

It uses poems by O'Hara (1926-1966) and pieces by artists within his orbit to examine cross-influences and common sensibilities, concentrating on the period from 1950 to the year of the poet's accidental death.

We were roommates and immediately clicked, as we found that we had common sensibilities and a similar sense of humor.

Our treatment of other people was as important as our treatment of the planet - since seeing either as disposable undermines social capital - with mass media playing an essential role in unwiring our common sensibilities and unraveling trust.

Nouvel's projects, however, lack not only a recurring formal vocabulary but even a readily apparent common sensibility.

Some feminist-oriented composers and musicologists have sought to identify a common sensibility in women's music; this gathering of personalities appeared to defeat such efforts.

When Zweig found a copy of Montaigne's writings in a damp cellar he must have been drawn to him by a common sensibility.

The relationship between reader and critic, especially in a field as utilitarian as movie reviews, is a tenuous one which depends on finding a common sensibility.

"QUOTIDIAN" There's a common sensibility running through this show, and it's not just a reliance on everyday objects or "quotidian" materials.

For the program, organizers have enlisted prominent new-music advocates of today, a logical move given the common sensibility of artists who push boundaries whatever period they are working in, said the pianist Blair McMillen, one of those advocates.

Both critics and admirers have commented that he eschews a formal language and, in a 2008 profile, the New York Times wrote that Nouvel's work lacks even a "readily apparent common sensibility".