sapient

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Research also finds that feline characteristics may have rubbed off on their homo sapient counterparts.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

In the game, she says, all of the human characters have different ideas about how sapient AIs are, and how they should be treated.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2019

Aphra says things like: well, eventually humanity’s going to be extinct and there will be a race of sapient beetle people living here instead, so really my problems aren’t all that important.

From The Verge • Sep. 15, 2017

Well, there are still plenty of ways that some promising sapient species might rise up, looking skyward with high hopes, and yet — even so — fail to achieve its potential.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

There were boys and girls of all ages in the Roche family, clever and active, and, consequently, what wise and sapient parents call naughty.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix