Example Sentences

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“Maybe being a lawyer is a hindrance instead of a help when it comes to seeing how the jury is perceiving the case and connecting with either him or the prosecution,” he said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

But we also have to consider how Russia is perceiving the war and to what extent it would view defeat as an existential threat.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

That the reality they are experiencing is different from the one everyone else is perceiving.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2021

“The market is perceiving that politics will become policy,” said Brian Battle of Performance Trust Capital Partners in Chicago.

From Reuters • Jun. 25, 2018

Now, this seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, etc., is perceiving.

From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry