sense
noun
any of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
was sensing
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past progressiveof sense.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
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
So if I was sensing a loss, well, I guess he was it.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2014
It wasn’t lack of passion she was sensing.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
