- present participle of sense.
sensing
Example Sentences
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This deceptively simple formulation is premised on an important distinction between sensing and perceiving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Talk of “plant sentience,” he argues, confounds sensing with sentience, which is generally taken to be synonymous with consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
About 15 minutes later, after sensing that it is running low on spray – water for today's purposes – the aircraft lands itself for a manual refill and demonstration battery swap.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"We believe a rock-ice avalanche occurred in Nepal, blocking the Lhende river and causing the cascading flood event," Sarthak Shrestha, a remote sensing and geo information analyst with the intergovernmental institute, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even the monsters turned to watch, as if sensing that their master Tartarus was about to take the spotlight.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
