"sense" in the Big Book

My brain raced uncontrollably and there was a terrible sense of impending calamity.

But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by

Common sense would thus become uncommon sense.

There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known.

Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us

What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to other matters?

We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to

Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic’s drinking bout creates.

In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will.

A certain American business man had ability, good sense, and high character.

As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.

In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.

We could not prove life in the sense that you can prove a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.

But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.

When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and common sense.

It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.

If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us.

We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense.

He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him.

get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.

What had become of their judgment, their common sense, their will power?

sense of responsibility for others.

If they sense these things, they will not take so seriously his periods of crankiness, depression, or apathy, which will disappear when there is tolerance, love, and spiritual understanding.

This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives.

After a bit, he said, “The way you fellows put this spiritual stuff makes sense.