sixth sense

noun

: a power of perception like but not one of the five senses : a keen intuitive power

Example Sentences

She claimed to have a sixth sense for knowing when someone was about to call her. a filmmaker with a sixth sense for knowing which stories the general public will find irresistible

Recent Examples on the Web Because of, sort of, the sixth sense in the pocket, the decision-making, processing information quickly. —

Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2023 Developing a sixth sense means training your team to notice who is not being included, what is not being said and why. —

Joyce Talag, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023 Sharks have a sixth sense. —

Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022 Call it a sixth sense. —

Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021 Her mom’s kind of got a sixth sense. —

Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2021 Vertebrates used to have a sixth sense. —

Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2011 In Silas Howard’s endearing but uneven film Darby and the Dead, the heroine parlays her sixth sense into a side gig. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022 Advertisement About Fiona’s younger brother Sam, however, Gamache has never had any doubts: His sixth sense has always told him that handsome Sam (whom everyone else finds charming) is malicious, maybe worse. —

Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022 See More

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