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sensed

  • past participle of sense.
  • past tense form of sense.

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Hugging Face co-founder and chief science officer Thomas Wolf sensed that something was off the minute he first looked at his company’s logs of the weekend attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Even before anyone spoke plainly, she sensed something was wrong.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.

From Salon May 26, 2026

He never asked about how her film was going, but the director sensed he was tacitly checking in on her progress, hoping that she was not losing faith.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

“What I sensed was that this was a man who was totally idealistic.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin