perceiving

Example Sentences

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"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

Emojis can have an "infantile connotation" which could lead to people perceiving you as younger, less senior, capable or responsible, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 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

“The Fed sees itself within the ‘broad range’ of neutral” with respect to its policy rate, which implies it’s no longer perceiving its posture as “restrictive,” according to Dutta.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

“But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars without his perceiving me.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen