as in sensorial
of or relating to physical sensation or the senses
trying to listen to music while watching the TV and eating dinner caused a sort of sensory overload
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Recent Examples of sensory
These aren’t just candles—they’re sensory essays, literary therapy, portals to another time.
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Martine Thompson, Essence, 5 June 2025
Birth, pain, touch, artmaking, exercise—all of these sensory experiences seem to trigger the feeling of moving from a space of language to something far beyond it.
—Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025
This sensory time travel is rooted in your brain’s architecture.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The lunar elixir, from the Ugly Delicious section of Fura’s Journal of Future Foods menu highlighting retail-imperfect ingredients, was a sensory bait and switch.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Martine Thompson, Essence, 5 June 2025
Birth, pain, touch, artmaking, exercise—all of these sensory experiences seem to trigger the feeling of moving from a space of language to something far beyond it.
—Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025
This sensory time travel is rooted in your brain’s architecture.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The lunar elixir, from the Ugly Delicious section of Fura’s Journal of Future Foods menu highlighting retail-imperfect ingredients, was a sensory bait and switch.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sensory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensory
sensorial
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However, growing up on Long Island gave him plenty of opportunities to expand into other cultural sensorial experiences, and further travel just intensified his deep desire to build a life on such olfactory pleasures.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Through lessons in practical life tools, sensorial exercises, language arts, outdoor play, music and Spanish, students are challenged with directing their own time management, organization, and setting reasonable, responsible goals.—
Jose Bolanos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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“Sensory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensory. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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