How to Use logic in a Sentence

logic

noun
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  • There's some logic to what he says.
  • There's a certain logic in what he says.
  • There's no logic in your reasoning.
  • If you just use a little logic, you'll see I'm right.
  • The revolution proceeded according to its own logic.
  • This week could be the time to make a leap of logic, a leap of faith.
    — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 11 June 2018
  • The longer and more drawn-out the conflict, the logic goes, the better for them.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 21 May 2022
  • This is very much the same logic that drove the push for body cams.
    — Chris Gilliard, Wired, 14 Nov. 2021
  • There’s logic to the idea that 30-year yields would fall.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
  • By that logic, how smart is a fish that can learn to drive?
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The logic goes: the more people who order iPhones, the longer the wait will be.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Trump even seems to grasp this logic, at least in part.
    — Lindsay Koshgarian, Fortune, 12 July 2018
  • But the same logic isn't applied to the free-agency clock.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2019
  • And yes, a bit of Top Trumps logic might help, as cold as that sounds.
    — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The same logic applies to toys, video games, clothes, etc.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 June 2019
  • Their world defies the logic of ours, down to its warped laws of physics.
    — Washington Post, 15 June 2021
  • Cobb said the bill's logic is that most of the drug arrests were done at the state level.
    — Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2021
  • By the same logic, on a road trip, could the car ride really be one of the best parts?
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The logic here for those who had read the study was confusing.
    — Megan Gannon, Smithsonian, 12 July 2019
  • Their logic is sound: A home run beats the shift every time.
    — Mike Digiovanna Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • This work can be done on spreadsheets and there is a logic to it.
    — Martha Amram, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • But for some who signed the letter against Wen, that logic doesn’t hold up.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And by their logic, sharing your wealth with the church will make God bless you even more.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 4 June 2018
  • This is the logic behind the spread at New England -2.5.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Even at the age of four or five, kids have a basic structure of logic.
    — Parul Agrawal, Quartz India, 11 July 2019
  • The whole gym was full of men with long arms and legs and biceps that defied logic.
    — Gemma Hartley, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2020
  • One is a scrappy fighter and the other one’s all logic and the brainy one.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • As these devices scale down and change shape, one of the main goals is to drive down the size of standard logic cells.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 May 2023
  • But after these world-record leaps in logic, the league has to throw a challenge flag.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • This logic confounds Kaptur, who is now in a closely fought race with a state legislator, Derek Merrin.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2024

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