ADJ

acute, good, keen
poor
sixth

VERB + SENSE

have
He has an acute sense of smell
lose
She lost her sense of hearing early in life
regain
heighten, sharpen
dull
appeal to
He argued that art should appeal to the senses rather than the intellect

SENSE + VERB

tell sb
When she came to, her senses told her she was lying on a sandy beach
reel, swim
Her senses reeled as she fought for consciousness

SENSE + NOUN

organ

PREP

through the ~s
Although he can't see, he learns a lot through his other senses

PHRASES

an assault on the senses, the evidence of your senses, the five senses, the sense of hearing/sight/smell/taste/touch

ADJ

deep, great, keen, strong, tremendous
He felt a deep sense of relief after the phone call
growing, heightened
slight, vague
a vague sense of unease
innate, intuitive, natural
a natural sense of justice
moral

VERB + SENSE

feel, have
display, show
give sb
lose
heighten, sharpen
dull

PREP

~ of
He seems to have lost his sense of reality

ADJ

good
bad, poor
innate, intuitive, natural
business, dress
He has no dress sense

VERB + SENSE

have

PREP

~ of
a good sense of direction/rhythm/timing

ADJ

good
common, horse
Common sense tells me I should get more sleep

VERB + SENSE

have
He at least had the sense to call the police
display, show
learn
I wish my daughter would learn some sense

SENSE + VERB

tell sb

PHRASES

have more money than sense, (not) an ounce of sense
If you had an ounce of sense, you'd never have agreed to help him

ADJ

perfect
It all makes perfect sense (= is easy to understand)

VERB + SENSE

make
see
I tried to make him see sense, but he just wouldn't listen
talk
If you can't talk sense, I'm leaving!

PREP

~ in
There's a lot of sense in what he's saying

PHRASES

talk sense into sb
We'll try and talk a little sense into her
there's no sense in sth
There's no sense in going home before the film

VERB + SENSE

come to, regain
take leave of
Have you taken leave of your senses?
bring sb to

PHRASES

in your (right) senses
No one in their right senses would give him the job!

ADJ

broad, wide
The novel is about education in its widest sense
narrow, strict
accepted
figurative, metaphorical
literal
pejorative
legal, technical

VERB + SENSE

have
That word has three senses
make
That sentence doesn't make sense (= has no meaning)

PREP

in a ~
In a sense, she's right

PHRASES

in every sense of the word, in a very real sense
In a very real sense, post-war repression was the continuation of the war
in the true sense of the word