Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Considered or chosen as to sense or meaning conveyed or to be conveyed.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sense .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
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Examples
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No, not the boys from town, Talin sensed; this was a different sort of sound.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Mnkyking’s Review Forum 2010
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What I sensed is that this was a man who is carrying the full weight of command.
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No, not the boys from town, Talin sensed; this was a different sort of sound.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Mnkyking’s Review Forum 2010
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What I sensed is that this was a man who is carrying the full weight of command.
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I sensed from the get go that Sen. Obama does not walk on water.
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I had sensed from the beginning that something had happened there, something I wanted to know about.
May 2008 2008
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I had sensed from the beginning that something had happened there, something I wanted to know about.
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Nur al-Din sensed that there was something and awoke; then, seeing the very man of whom Miriam had warned him sitting by his side, cried out at him with a great cry which startled him.
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It was as if the two had sensed from the beginning what was to come.
Sister Godzilla 2001
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Pettit and (Bob) Cousy and Elgin (Baylor) and Bill Russell, and I just thought, wow, those teams are trying to win, and I sensed from the beginning of the weekend that this was going to be kind of a fun game because I felt our players wanted to prove something, East coach Larry Brown said.
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