How to Use perceive in a Sentence
perceive
verb
- I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure.
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But the way y'all look at me and perceive me has changed.
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Quinci Legardye,
Harper's BAZAAR,
22 May 2022
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The storms are far too big for humans to perceive from the ground.
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Tristram Korten,
Smithsonian,
17 Sep. 2019
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For the first time in my life, the world perceived me as a woman both in and out of clothes.
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Meredith Talusan,
Bon Appetit,
13 Mar. 2018
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Some of the threat, said Ms. Tamm, is more perceived than real.
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Katrin Bennhold,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2018
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With that said, Kansas and Texas are perceived to be the top two in this one.
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Gary Bedore,
kansascity,
7 Oct. 2017
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As a reminder that he was once perceived as a contender to be the No.
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Rick Bonnell,
charlotteobserver,
1 June 2018
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While rods detect light, cones are the part of the eye that perceive color.
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Southern Living,
3 July 2018
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The trainees could perceive the world as their patients.
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Sergei Vardomatski,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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So the idea is to have eight episodes that can be perceived as eight action movies.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2024
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John lost Normandy in a war with France and was perceived as weak.
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Ann Gibbons,
Science | AAAS,
30 Mar. 2020
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The body’s loss happens to us all, but doesn’t the soul always perceive it as a tragedy?
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Katie Gutierrez,
TIME,
19 Sep. 2024
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Nobody perceived a threat, and not a siren could be heard.
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Kyle Dickman,
Outside Online,
27 June 2018
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Most of society will perceive them as white for the rest of their lives.
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cleveland,
1 June 2020
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Men have a lot of power over the way boys perceive themselves.
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Anna North,
Vox,
27 Dec. 2018
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But the larger issue had more to do with how fans perceived him.
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Taylor Lorenz,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2018
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Is there any way to avoid your fate when you’re already perceived as a big threat?
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Ben Rosenstock,
TIME,
10 May 2024
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Any perceived move away from the status quo in the talks could spark a spike in volatility.
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David Goodman,
Bloomberg.com,
19 July 2017
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Her evolution, and how it will be perceived, is top of mind.
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Harper's BAZAAR,
13 July 2017
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But the price is a loss of control over what her likeness does and how it—and therefore she—is perceived.
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The Economist,
5 July 2018
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Not because of what’s going on at home, but because of how the world treats them and how they’re perceived.
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Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2024
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Most of the time, people lie to protect how others perceive them, Evans said.
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Marisa Iati,
Star Tribune,
8 Nov. 2020
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But the union between dresses and jeans, as unholy as some might perceive it, is here to stay.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN,
16 Dec. 2022
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Sometimes the help goes beyond what your eyes can perceive.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
18 Aug. 2022
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My guess is that anybody who was perceived as close to Trump, their phones were ringing like ours.
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Anchorage Daily News,
10 May 2018
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Allow your child a safe space to express their emotions and teach them how to perceive what is a safe space.
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Anisha Vanita Williams,
Essence,
5 July 2022
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My brain can perceive that signal and then cancel it out.
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Masha Gessen,
The New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2020
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In fact, children perceived as not what the parents ordered can even be turned away.
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Kristan Hawkins,
National Review,
19 July 2019
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The defense said the risk of Neely's death was not something Penny could have perceived or anticipated.
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Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
1 Nov. 2024
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Data quality in the modern economy, where data-driving action is critical to business success, can no longer be perceived as mere tech detail.
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Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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