Sentence examples for ordinary sensibility from inspiring English sources

From thinking in beautifully woven notes he has progressed to thinking in separately moving harmonies whose blending to the ordinary sensibility is more questionable.

"But this is not an ordinary man with ordinary sensibilities".

That depends on whether the act would be regarded as harmful or offensive by a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities, says Mark Geistfeld, a torts professor at New York University Law School.

The judge seemed to acknowledge that the effects of social shifts on ordinary sensibilities and common sense are features of the conscious design of our jury system.

It was suggested that in order to establish liability a claim would have to show: (a) A reasonable expectation of privacy; and (b) The act or conduct complained of is highly offensive to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities (See Australian Law Reform Commission, "For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice", Report 108, May 2008, Recommendations 74-1 and 74-2, p.2584).

The suit alleges that the water tower is diminishing neighbors' property values and "causing unreasonable discomfort and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities".

And some ban citizens from treating corpses in ways that might, as Kentucky law describes it, "outrage ordinary family sensibilities".

Seventeen states have laws that forbid "abuse of a corpse," which generally means that it is a criminal offense to "treat a corpse in a way that [a person] knows would outrage ordinary family sensibilities".