Example Sentences

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If you ate Secret Congee in the car alone on a rainy gray afternoon during the sensory deprivation that was the pandemic shutdown, you gained a new, nearly synesthetic understanding of comfort food.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

Lerner is a chewy writer, his language nearly synesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

She is synesthetic and hypersensitive to sound, hearing notes and noises in colors.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

When they move around the space and interact with others, music and visuals react in real time, building a unique synesthetic performance.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2021

“We have only found a few substances that have any effect whatsoever on the synesthetic response,” Jerry tells us.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass