Sentence examples for lacking in sense from inspiring English sources

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His "King Arthur" is not utterly lacking in sense, or utterly unrelated to Britain.

Papu's own conclusion about "Harap Alb", outlined in a 1983 volume, depicted Creangă as a direct predecessor of Italian semiotician Umberto Eco and his celebrated volume The Open Work a conclusion which literary historian Florin Mihăilescu has seen as proof of Papu's "exegetic obsession", lacking in "sense of humor, not just sense of reality".

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Not all balletomanes are sane, but what they lack in sense they make up for in ardor.

One of the oddballs that Sarah picks up on her way through the Labyrinth, what Sir Didymus lacks in sense of smell, he makes up for in eccentricity.

And it shows: What "Jurassic World" lacks in sense of wonder, it makes up for in electrifying action sequences.

Sharia law, in this instance too, was found sorely lacking in common sense and justice.

Preston was not lacking in business sense, but his preoccupation was with the journalism.

The report mentions that many employers consider Tibetans lazy and lacking in business sense.

The field of nutrition, he said, "is severely lacking in common sense".

Trevithick, a quick-tempered and impulsive man, was entirely lacking in business sense.

Here was a guy utterly lacking in any sense of reticence, who was given to rambling self-exposure even in his moment of disgrace.

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