sentient
adjective
having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.
unsentient
-
a word derived from
sentient.
Example Sentences
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In the rush of warm feeling she turned her eyes on Ishmael, her love for him expanding because of the love she felt for the unsentient things about her.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
Also the difference of unsentient things from one another, the world with its five divisions.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
Evadna had taken refuge there; and he pressed her hard against the rough wall without in the least realizing that anything was behind him save unsentient stone.
From Good Indian by B. M. Bower
The visible, unsentient world, designated by the term not-soul, is divided into three, as the object, the instrument, or the site of fruition.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
And, therefore, while showing Himself neither indifferent nor powerless against barren and false pretensions, He did this only once, and then only by a sign wrought upon an unsentient tree.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
