in a sense
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
In one sense or interpretation, but not in all ways.
Example Sentences
- "A large part of duty-doing is drudgery. There is drudgery in every department of life's workdrudgery that is indispensable to success in that work. […] But there is such a thing as ennobling drudgery, as making and counting it an essential part of that which is noble and–in a sense–divine."
- "In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior."
- "In a sense, Superman's romance with Lois Lane was a subplot and [...]"
- "This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed."
Inflected Forms
in one sense (alternative)