sensitive

Example Sentences

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"We monitor the athletes throughout a much longer period - in fact, the most sensitive period, when athletes want to qualify for the Olympics."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

As critics note, though, this provision does not require states to reveal sensitive voter information.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It forbids therapists from insisting on spreading their personal views through confidential, sensitive conversations with trusting minors happening behind closed doors.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Filing confidentially allows a company and the SEC to go back and forth on the listing without disclosing sensitive information until later in the process, when the listing is eventually made public.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

With me as the worried mother figure who consoled him over bad breakups, and him as the sensitive kid who listened and supported me through my meltdowns.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi