sensitivity

Example Sentences

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And that sensitivity comes as the perennial debate about English identity has taken on a harder edge since February last year.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Regular consumption of high-sodium foods can reduce sensitivity to salty flavors, leading some people to prefer stronger levels of saltiness.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Valentin harbors literary aspirations—we read excerpts of his unfinished memoir—but Mr. Bošković emphasizes the contrast between the power and “unequivocalness” of the state and the sensitivity of the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Through thoughtful exposition told visually and through performance, we learn that Niki has a hearing disorder called hyperacusis, an extreme sensitivity to sound and “uncontrolled acoustic environments.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker