rationally

Example Sentences

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He is bitter and scared, and he has lost the ability to reason rationally, if he ever had that ability.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Neither Messrs. Xi nor Trump can rationally expect a triumph at the summit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

And he would talk his sons through conflicts patiently and rationally, “through all sides of what was happening,” Ryan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

I have an angry fire inside of me and every time I want to speak with him rationally, I just get so mad, and I withdraw.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Of course, if I think about it rationally, they’d probably assume I was one of the middle-class indigenas, not a poor longa.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau