as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind
sentient of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
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Recent Examples of sentient
Jordan Lynde’s Until the World Falls Down, for example, follows a woman who becomes trapped in a seductive immortal’s sentient castle, and Emma Hamm’s Of Goblins and Gold follows a woman who must journey to the realm of the fae to save her sister from the Goblin King who stole her.
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Logan Karlie
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
She’s joined in the photo by Thing: the sentient, disembodied hand usually keeps Wednesday company.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Phrases now feel perversely sentient and yet devilishly wrong.
—Prageeta Sharma, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The game's underground world is populated with all sorts of talking animals, sentient rocks, and familiar Kong faces to assist DK or ask him for help with various ridiculous errands.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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Logan Karlie
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
She’s joined in the photo by Thing: the sentient, disembodied hand usually keeps Wednesday company.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Phrases now feel perversely sentient and yet devilishly wrong.
—Prageeta Sharma, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The game's underground world is populated with all sorts of talking animals, sentient rocks, and familiar Kong faces to assist DK or ask him for help with various ridiculous errands.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sentient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentient
Adjective
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Guardiola is aware of the threat posed by a team playing on the break.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Cisneros said investigators are aware of a video taken at the apartment complex that surfaced on social media and captured what sounded like 12 gunshots being rapidly fired.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Many multifamily operators are deeply brand-conscious.—
Tyler Christiansen,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Libra is, after all, the sign of the scales — a Cardinal energy that initiates connection while making the conscious effort to surround itself with beauty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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