perceiving

Example Sentences

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But Hsu said consumers in the survey began perceiving stronger inflation ahead after the Iran war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

"As adults, we overthink: 'How am I coming across? How's everyone perceiving me?'," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

"Pain is an extremely efficient means for perceiving damage to the body and to indicate the associated threat to its continued life. This often triggers a survival response, such as fleeing or freezing."

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

While there’s no guarantee that the numbers they estimate end up being right, it can still be helpful to understand how banks are perceiving the health of current borrowers.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson