sensory

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.

Occasionally my therapist would have a delicious-smelling soup on simmer in another part of the house — not a design choice, but a pleasant sensory experience in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Settling into life outside the crammed living room has been "a bit of a sensory overload", with Boone needing to be introduced to new experiences gradually.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Cognitive scientists have investigated whether the brain itself is Bayesian—a probabilistic inference engine, perpetually recalibrating, merging incoming sensory data with past experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The sensory mismatch — a coconut-flavored “potato” — is a little kid’s dream, like the Jelly Belly “Bean Boozled” pack or a cupcake that looks like a hamburger.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Descartes made a strict separation between mind and matter: mind was immaterial and immortal, so that mind’s relationship to the sensory world of space and time was inherently problematic.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton