perceiving

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

But the more we do that, the more things there are for us to pay attention to and the more worries we have about how other people are perceiving us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 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

“It’s better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, writing code, perceiving images, understanding long contexts, using tools and then linking complex multi-step projects.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

But I relied on my sense, on perceiving.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga