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How to use practicality in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Practicality means the state of being practical or feasible. Example: “They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical.”

Examples of practicality by meaning

nounThe practical aspect of something.

  • They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical.2012, Carl Freedman, The Age of Nixon: A Study in Cultural Power

More sentences with practicality

  • He wanted Carol as a friend with her practicality, serenity and unsmothering sympathy.2011, Ann Widdecombe, Father Figure. From the entry unsmothering
  • These questions define our three senses of ‘origins’ in a reverse order, namely historicity, practicality and theoreticity.1997, Chung-ying Cheng, “The origins of Chinese philosophy”, in Brian Carr, Indira Mahalingam, editors, Companion Encyclopedia of Asian…. From the entry theoreticity
  • Along with the good planners there are lots of wild-eyed visionaries who don’t relate ideas to real-life practicalities.1968, Engineering News-Record, volume 181, page 112. From the entry visionary
  • In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers…. From the entry bra
  • But assuredly there has been no ideal in practice so moonstruck and misleading as the ideal of practicality.1905, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy”, in Heretics, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane…. From the entry moonstruck
  • Most of the bad broncos, if mythos is peppered with a slight shake of practicality, were more-likely-as-not just a cavvyard of crow-hoppers.2011, Bob Alexander, ““We buried him on the side of a road””, in Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten: Enforcing Law on the Texas Frontier, University…. From the entry mythos
  • She felt a surge of love for it, for its compact practicality, its orderly shippiness, its dutiful precision, its homely solid shelter against the storm.2003, Libby Purves, Casting Off, unnumbered page. From the entry shippiness
  • Bush Parties and Booze Cruises were shaped mainly out of the necessity to find a “place to party” but they did represent more than the material practicalities of space.2003, Robert A. Wardhaugh, “‘Bush Parties and Booze Cruises’: A Look at Leisure in a Small Town”, in Raymond Blake, Andrew Nurse, editors…. From the entry bush party
  • The FAA stated that it is also establishing an ARAC working group to gather additional data on the practicality of both ground-based and on-board inerting methods.2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.4.2 Preclusion of Flammable Fuel/Air Vapor in Fuel Tanks”, in Aircraft Accident…. From the entry inerting
  • A breakaway to what is in, what is now and a must for the girl in the fashion know is the smart practicality of the pea-jacketed suit.1966 August 11, The Sacramento Bee, volume 219, number 35,632, Sacramento, Calif., page B3. From the entry pea-jacketed

Meaning of practicality

  1. noun The state of being practical or feasible.
  2. noun The practical aspect of something.

Full definition of practicality

Questions about practicality in a sentence

How do you use practicality in a sentence?
Practicality is used as a noun. For example: “They might acknowledge that such practicalities are necessary to sustain life itself, but they would immediately add that culture gives life a value beyond the scope of the merely practical.”
What is a short sentence with practicality?
“He wanted Carol as a friend with her practicality, serenity and unsmothering sympathy.”
What does practicality mean?
Practicality means the state of being practical or feasible.

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