PERCEPTIVE in a Sentence
Learn PERCEPTIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
140 example sentences for PERCEPTIVE, such as:
1. Vronsky gave a hardly perceptible shrug.
2. Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
3. Drugs can alter your perception of reality.
4. His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.
5. Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile.
2. Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
3. Drugs can alter your perception of reality.
4. His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.
5. Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PERCEPTIVE
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perceptive
a. insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
Classic Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
1 Still I had had such extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties, that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden from me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2 "I never loved him," she said, with perceptible reluctance.
3 There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other.
4 Colonel Brandon's partiality for Marianne, which had so early been discovered by his friends, now first became perceptible to Elinor, when it ceased to be noticed by them.
5 His affections seemed to reanimate towards them all, and his interest in their welfare again became perceptible.
6 Stepan Arkadyevitch gave a scarcely perceptible smile.
7 Stepan Arkadyevitch, who had long known that Levin was in love with his sister-in-law, Kitty, gave a hardly perceptible smile, and his eyes sparkled merrily.
8 Even the Tatar, uncorking the bottle and pouring the sparkling wine into the delicate glasses, glanced at Stepan Arkadyevitch, and settled his white cravat with a perceptible smile of satisfaction.
9 Deliberately she shrouded the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in the faintly perceptible smile.
10 With a flying, feminine glance she scanned her attire, and made a movement of her head, hardly perceptible, but understood by Kitty, signifying approval of her dress and her looks.
11 Looking down at her he saw her face in profile, and from the scarcely perceptible quiver of her lips and eyelashes he knew she was aware of his eyes upon her.
12 The smile was faint, scarcely perceptible, and in spite of the smile the stern expression of the eyes was unchanged.
13 Vronsky gave a hardly perceptible shrug.
14 Anna gave a just perceptible smile, but made no answer.
15 As he lay there he could hear Mattie moving about in her room, and her candle, sending its small ray across the landing, drew a scarcely perceptible line of light under his door.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 He was one of the most perceptive US political commentators.
2 This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.
3 In sense capacity, in perceptive and discriminative ability, there is likewise a practical equality.
4 The difference is scarcely perceptible to the average reader.
5 The price increase has had no perceptible effect on sales.
6 Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
7 There was a barely perceptible movement in his right arm.
8 His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.
9 Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile.
10 His analysis of the problem showed great perception.
11 We have to change the public's perception that money is being wasted.
12 My perception of the problem is quite different.
13 Drugs can alter your perception of reality.
14 Let's keep things to reality, and CNN's supposition for why this drop in perception is certainly not reality.
15 Edmund Wilson's perception gave him an unparalleled understanding of American literature and life.