But if my senses had played me, there was the broken gun and the hole in the bush.

Common sense didn't play any part in her current motivation.

She hadn't meant to tell him, but she was annoyed, so that common sense played no part in her answer.

On the other hand, a distorted sense of one's attractiveness might also play a role.

He was acting human, making faces, while other senses raced and played inside his head.

What role an inherent, human sense of fairness should play in the law is a critical issue today.

Without eyes to help it, his sense of balance played tricks on him.

But both men demonstrated a nice sense of the role each was playing.

This is why the individual's sense of the future plays so critical a part in his ability to cope.

So much had happened that my sense of time played tricks.