perceptive

Example Sentences

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Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side's evolution that proved equally perceptive.

From BBC

There, in the confines of its pages, Nora recognizes that her father has a much more innate and perceptive knowledge of her that neither of them ever could’ve imagined.

From Salon

She added that she thought that Ms. Chu’s staff was “perceptive,” but “didn’t give us much insight.”

From New York Times

The Velázquez authority Jonathan Brown has pointed out qualities of “humor” and “bravura” in these portraits, as well as “remarkably perceptive observations about mental deficiency” and “a kind of smoldering defiance.”

From Washington Post

More than one individual in the courtroom is surely perceptive enough to pick up on that narrative.

From Los Angeles Times