Perceived

//pəˈsiːvd//

"Perceived" in a Sentence (15 examples)

I perceived an object looming through the mist.

The alert guard perceived a dim shape in the distance.

The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

Nobody perceived me entering the room.

She perceived that her husband was unhappy.

"Smart mob" is sometimes perceived as a political danger - mostly in the countries lacking in traditions of democracy.

It cannot always be perceived by the naked eye.

He thought he perceived the black fin of a shark swimming near the surface of the water.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Atoms cannot be perceived with the naked eye.

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The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same.

Anger is a natural response in humans to perceived or actual threat or provocation.

The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

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