It took him a full minute to come up with a rational response.
Now fear had begun, a rational response instead of insanity.
But, he added, "This might be a rational response to a world that has less need for savings."
I know which one sounds like more a rational response to a crisis of these proportions.
In other words, addiction is perceived as a rational response to individual and/or environmental factors.
We call them a rational response to the times.
He knew he'd be beyond the reach of any rational response in Lynn's shoes.
Things were going wrong, and getting drunk just might be the only rational response.
How many of us, I wonder, have fixed any emotional or rational response at all?
"On the other hand, it's probably a very rational response."