Lacking good looks and the feminine charms that might have accompanied them, she eventually became, in every sense but one, the man of her house.
Franzen: "Lacking good looks and the feminine charms that might have accompanied them, [Edith Wharton] eventually became, in every sense but one, the man of her house".
Aside from drawing revenue, the high cost of entry had served to eliminate participants lacking the good sense of self-preservation.
How can we trust our children's tender wits to anyone so lacking in good sense that she could view his narcissistic fits and see deep where it's easy to see dense?
People oppressed because they were born the wrong color or the wrong gender, because they originated from countries we look down on or from parents lacking the good sense to be middle-class, people oppressed because they don't share the same mental or physical capacities as everyone else, or because they happen to love the wrong people … all look longingly to freedom as the handmaiden of justice.
Its writers and cartoonists may have lacked good taste, cultural sensitivity and a sense of self-protection.
Dean Skelos, the majority leader of the New York State Senate, shows a serious lack of good sense in opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view.
Dean Skelos, the majority leader of the New York State Senate, shows a serious lack of good sense in opposing the governor's plan to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view.
"Behavior that shows a lack of good sense or judgment".
Behaviors that are anti-diversity, sexist, slimy or rude show lack of good sense and judgment.
