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
Another grapples with a sensory sickness, unable to tell what’s real and what’s not.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Helps process sensory information.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
The menu celebrates fresh, local ingredients, and the open-air setting transforms every meal into an immersive, sensory experience.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Despite its enthusiasm for the category, Boots has taken care not to send its customers into sensory overload.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Helps process sensory information.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
The menu celebrates fresh, local ingredients, and the open-air setting transforms every meal into an immersive, sensory experience.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Despite its enthusiasm for the category, Boots has taken care not to send its customers into sensory overload.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sensory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensory
sensorial
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Advertisement The August 2025 report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, argued that states should prohibit the use of drills that simulate an active shooter being in the school, as well as sensorial drills.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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And one — Companion Candles La Forêt Noire by Daniel Martin — creates a sensorial experience like no other.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Sensory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensory. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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