was sensing
- past progressive of sense.
Example Sentences
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It echoed for me, a dimension I was sensing while living in California for the first time that I hadn’t really seen anywhere else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
I was sensing a lack of enthusiasm in Joe.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
When it ran its sweep of the seafloor, no data on what it was sensing was sent to the surface in real time.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
“I was sensing a mutual, if very positive, ambivalence,” Austin said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
But I was sensing that Sherrie now wanted me to leave them alone.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
