sweet reason

NOUN

common-sense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acumen good sense insight intelligence judgment logic practicality prudence rationality sense sound judgment wisdom wit

WEAK

cool experience good reasoning gumption horse sense levelheadedness mother wit reason reasonableness sensibleness sound sense soundness wits

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance ineptness irrationality stupidity

WEAK

foolishness impracticality insanity unreasonableness unsoundness

Example Sentences

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“The appeal is to sweet reason, not to fear, outrage, anger or chauvinism,” Judith Stiehm wrote about the book in the journal Quarterly Report on Women and the Military.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

She also doesn’t have the conviction of her two Democratic predecessors that she can win over swing voters—or grandiose and ruthless heads of state or members of Congress—through mere charm or sweet reason or eloquence.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2016

No matter how bleak things look, if conditions in the room are right, sweet reason will flow so that some progress might be made.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2013

But people who think that's how you treat a dog are unlikely to respond to sweet reason.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2013

“Perhaps you can help me,” I said in a tone of sweet reason.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

sweet reason

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