sense
noun
any of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
sensed
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past participleof sense.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sense.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sensenounany of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
Example Sentences
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It was such a damaging evening for Pocognoli, a bolt from the blue, you sensed.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"When I met him, I could see a real author's style in him and I've always sensed in him an obsession with becoming a writer and a thirst for reading," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I froze and wondered if he sensed my fight-or-flight response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
He sensed, long before we could prove it, that very high doses given into a vein would behave quite differently from ordinary supplements.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The scowl on her dark brown face made it clear that she’d sensed trouble and had come into the parlor after entering the house.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
