She could see everything, and her sense of perspective failed utterly.

Not that the sense of his own deserts failed him.

Remember that people may still be able to hear, even though all other senses have failed.

Luck was to serve Shark, where common sense failed him.

Where human driving ability (or common sense) fails, many put their fate in the hands of something greater than themselves.

But when this sense failed her, my job was to hold the bottle for him.

Once again, common sense had failed to present an accurate picture of this world.

I returned because this was where my sixth sense had failed me.

"Our present sense of things fails to touch bottom anywhere."

My personal experience is that common sense and good manners have failed us on more than one occasion.