perceptiveness

Example Sentences

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He had an exceptional affinity for Rome, where, despite lacking prior knowledge of the city, he won accolades from well-informed habitués, including Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini, who extolled the perceptiveness of his portrait.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

The film, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” has received positive reviews: A film critic for The New York Times wrote, “With immense perceptiveness, Neville shows us both the empath and the narcissist” in Bourdain.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021

These tactics involved information available to all players, so they were considered legal, relying more on perceptiveness than chicanery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2021

She talks about her characters in a way that makes you feel your own perceptiveness is being worked like a muscle.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2019

Of course I feared his perceptiveness, what he might have seen of me, or even possibly thought in his young mind.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee