Example Sentences

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With their eyes closed, they spoke about how they were feeling, what they were sensing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

Peterson says this earlier finding was a clue that the tools measuring different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum were sensing a different kind of lightning.

From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2023

What were they telling you about what they were sensing?

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2020

U.S. officials were sensing a growing optimism for an accord.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2015

Underneath the clash over rights, laws, and work rules, there was a deeper truth that the planters were sensing: The Age of Sugar was ending.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson