be sensible of
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Inspired by Jean Jacques Rousseau's dedicated frankness, Bozzy deemed it "fine to be sensible of all one's various sentiments and to analyze them."
From Time Magazine Archive
No pleasure, no business, was ever known to interrupt his regular visits to Windsor, where his unhappy parent could neither be grateful for, nor even be sensible of, his unremitted attentions.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
Began to be sensible of the pleasures of my situation—felt as if my boots were full of ice water, my nose a Croton water pipe, and my fingers carrot-shaped icicles.
From Doesticks, What He Says by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
Yes," I answered, "it is a proof of the goodness of God to us; but to be sensible of His goodness is a far greater blessing.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
He was beginning to be sensible of having passed judgment upon the girl without first according her a hearing.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
