be sensitive

Example Sentences

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Friends should redefine reciprocity beyond ‘like for like,’ respect financial boundaries, and be sensitive to each other’s money-related ‘sore spots’.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“This cash-pay channel might be more sensitive to economic cycle, especially to middle-class U.S. households, and might be sensitive to AI-led labor-market disruptions in white-collar jobs,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

The data breach primarily involved patients' names, phone numbers, and postal addresses, but for 169,000 patients there were doctors' notes "some of which may be sensitive data", the ministry said.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The aspiring floppy-haired filmmaker could be sensitive but manipulative, loveable yet irritating.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Jethro felt his face bum with anger, but something new had been pointed up to him, something in the long process of learning to which he would be sensitive for the rest of his days.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt