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.

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

Some “filter” may winnow the number of sapient races, low enough to explain our apparent isolation.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

Wise as an owl in aspect, his wisdom was much an imposture as that of the sapient bird.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis