senses

Example Sentences

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During an indoor cycling workout, I tested the wearables against a chest strap that directly senses electrical heart signals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Reynoso said the betting "stimulates many senses" for the animals on top of providing entertainment for an audience giddy with excitement ahead of the world's biggest football bonanza.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Scientists have long known that animals tend to crave protein-rich foods when deprived of protein, but exactly how the body senses this deficiency remained unclear.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“To enter Colossal’s 55,000-square-foot Dallas headquarters is to find one’s senses fairly assaulted by the Power of Tech,” the publication wrote, describing it as a place where “many wondrous things are happening.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Later in the nineteenth century, scientists will discover that a weak electrical current applied to the exposed brain of a laboratory animal will make certain muscles twitch involuntarily and certain senses sharpen or go dead.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman