Sentence examples for prevailing sensibility from inspiring English sources

No wonder Hal says, in a declaration that uncomfortably sums up this play's prevailing sensibility, "I tell you, Seymour, women are getting desperate".

They would have felt that their station in life demanded a certain decorum, a prevailing sensibility that extended to their attire.

But Francis' tone so far is interesting not just as a departure for the church but as a counterpoint to the prevailing sensibility in our country, where humility is endangered if not quite extinct.

This came at a time when the prevailing sensibility in most American novels was urban and male, an outgrowth of the political and personal concerns that Ellison and Bellow, Baldwin and Roth had developed living in predominantly black or Jewish neighborhoods.

The prevailing sensibility is uncluttered: white plaster walls and floors, driftwood mounted as art, and splashes of color on cushions and bed runners.

There is also no question that The Times, though a national newspaper, shares the prevailing sensibilities of the city and region where it is published.

Ignoring the vagaries of the art scene, Marisol explored her own vision and imagery undeterred by the knowledge that her direction was not always in tune with the prevailing sensibilities.

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WASHINGTON -- The Old Post Office Pavilion and its clock tower on Pennsylvania Avenue NW were nearly demolished a handful of times in the past century, unloved and out of step with prevailing architectural sensibilities -- even before construction wrapped up in 1899.

The prevailing anti-Tory sensibility pushed Labour membership above 400,000.

When it comes to home, the prevailing, post-recession sensibility is simple but cool.