Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Sensible and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensible" instead an adjective "Appropriate".
Sensible
Sensible adjective - Able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind.
Appropriate and sensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Sensible".
Both words in one sentence
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The gratuitous Russian spoken by several characters is mostly grammatically correct and features sensible and appropriate profanity actually used in everyday speech.
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Mary of Guise is shown wearing a fancy dress appropriate for a dowager queen under a sensible breastplate when she taunts the English after a battle in Elizabeth.
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Fear Is the Appropriate Response: Unlike the overconfident Milla, Tal actually understands there are occasions where running for your life is the only sensible response, and hasn't been raised in a way that makes sensible retreat shameful.
Source: Literature / The Seventh Tower
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