How to Use perceive in a Sentence

perceive

verb

• I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure.
• But the way y'all look at me and perceive me has changed.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 May 2022
• The storms are far too big for humans to perceive from the ground.
  — Tristram Korten, Smithsonian, 17 Sep. 2019
• For the first time in my life, the world perceived me as a woman both in and out of clothes.
  — Meredith Talusan, Bon Appetit, 13 Mar. 2018
• Men have a lot of power over the way boys perceive themselves.
  — Anna North, Vox, 27 Dec. 2018
• Most of society will perceive them as white for the rest of their lives.
  — cleveland, 1 June 2020
• While rods detect light, cones are the part of the eye that perceive color.
  — Southern Living, 3 July 2018
• But the larger issue had more to do with how fans perceived him.
  — Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 22 June 2018
• Nobody perceived a threat, and not a siren could be heard.
  — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 27 June 2018
• As a reminder that he was once perceived as a contender to be the No.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 1 June 2018
• Any perceived move away from the status quo in the talks could spark a spike in volatility.
  — David Goodman, Bloomberg.com, 19 July 2017
• Sometimes the help goes beyond what your eyes can perceive.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
• My brain can perceive that signal and then cancel it out.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2020
• John lost Normandy in a war with France and was perceived as weak.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 30 Mar. 2020
• Enlightenment is perceived by some as the sword that cuts two ways.
  — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
• Black boys are perceived as older and less innocent than white kids the same age.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 2 May 2018
• With that said, Kansas and Texas are perceived to be the top two in this one.
  — Gary Bedore, kansascity, 7 Oct. 2017
• Her evolution, and how it will be perceived, is top of mind.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2017
• Allow your child a safe space to express their emotions and teach them how to perceive what is a safe space.
  — Anisha Vanita Williams, Essence, 5 July 2022
• Anyone who perceived it as anything else is missing the point.
  — baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2018
• The pin is only as powerful as others perceive it to be.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
• In fact, children perceived as not what the parents ordered can even be turned away.
  — Kristan Hawkins, National Review, 19 July 2019
• But the price is a loss of control over what her likeness does and how it—and therefore she—is perceived.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• But the union between dresses and jeans, as unholy as some might perceive it, is here to stay.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
• Some of the threat, said Ms. Tamm, is more perceived than real.
  — Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• How does a boy perceive his childhood in these conditions?
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
• Several originate as satire and are then shared by users who perceive them to be fact.
  — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2020
• Others are worried about how it would be perceived by their members.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Besides my own personal changes, a lot has shifted in how these shoes are perceived in the world.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2020
• This could have led many commuters to perceive the autorickshaw as a safer option than cars.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024