There's always an excuse if you are not in the mood, and the sensible host forgives those who let him down, because the party will be better without them.
24 An understanding of the interactions between hormones and mood would inform sensible choice of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in these patients if it were to be desired.
To get into the right mood to make the sensible and necessary cuts that Bill Keller proposes, let's drop the euphemism and go back to calling the Department of Defense what it is: the War Department.
She was imperturbable, sailing through the offices of Vogue like a general or a very fine ship, her blond hair back-combed and lacquered, her skirt pleated, her heels sensible, her cheeks rouged and her mood positive.
Fashion is undergoing a modest, and even sensible, moment in line with an all-round less ostentatious mood, and admitting to one's wealth – what wealth there is left – is deemed unseemly.
The prevailing mood, although less euphoric, may actually help bring on more sensible growth in Brazil, investors say.
This season, the mood was "green" — literally and figuratively — as gardening, with its sensible shoes and squishy bags, was the theme; and green was the preferred color for Tod's signature pebble-soled loafers and ballerina flats.
In contrast to the morbid and wildly neurotic Enoch, he's matter of fact, very sensible, and more than a little exasperated by his friend's extravagant moods.
To be sensible meant to exist in a state of sensitivity, not only to the moods of the world at large, but also to one's own inner feelings.
