Example Sentences

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Overnight and perhaps imperceptibly, we have moved into an era in which there is evidently no reason to fear such blackmail.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2024

Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of biological surfaces, whether that's a finger or a flower petal.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

But then, as Nick sauntered away, making it almost imperceptibly clear that he would never follow up, I finally accepted it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The set, designed by Jan Versweyveld, surrounds a court with looming concrete buildings that shift and rotate almost imperceptibly, so that you can never quite get a handle on the spaces.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

The tiny particles that seethe through space-time exert a gentle outward push, stretching the fabric of space-time imperceptibly.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife