How to Use perceptive in a Sentence

perceptive

adjective

• He is a very perceptive young man.
• That line, perceptive and alive, is typical of The Half of It.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Apr. 2020
• At the end of one slide, a colleague asked a very perceptive question.
  — Washington Post, 25 July 2021
• To be so perceptive and yet so innocent—that, in a phrase, is the achievement of Proust.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 9 July 2017
• Even the most perceptive house guest won’t be able to tell there’s a bed hidden behind this shelf.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• But just shy of her 10th birthday this month, the girl is perceptive beyond her years.
  — Regina Garcia Cano, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• Raheem is the quieter but perhaps the more perceptive of the two, and is devoted to Choton.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• One of the ways the Chiefs can do that is by taking advantage of his perceptive nature.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 6 Sep. 2017
• His scoops and perceptive writing caught the eye of Times editors, who hired him in 1959.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2020
• To pass the time, each of them tells a story over the course of 10 days, each more imaginative and more biting (and yet perceptive) than the last.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
• But the perceptive pop star didn't set out to make an album about a single house party.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 June 2017
• The show is viciously perceptive, with both a sense of humor and a real dark streak.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Pim is a sensitive and perceptive guide to Roth’s life and his writing.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• As the perceptive Moon meets rigid Saturn in your ambitious 10th house, try to get a sense of what might convince them to hear you out.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
• Well: Your hearing might be impaired, but your perceptive and kind message came through loud and clear.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
• And some of my youthful impressions turned out to be perceptive about problems that would vex this hall for some 60 years.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• Some of his fans even compare him to Nas, a perceptive storyteller renowned as one of hip-hop’s best lyricists.
  — Andrew Gospe, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
• The performances in Battle of the Sexes, agile and perceptive, keep the game alive every minute.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Sep. 2017
• The perceptive reader will have already spotted the flaw in my thinking.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
• One of the most perceptive came in the form of a cartoon posted last week by one of the company’s own software engineers.
  — Wired, 19 July 2022
• Boyd, an acutely perceptive young woman, lives in the Texas Hill Country.
  — Yvette Benavides, ExpressNews.com, 9 June 2020
• The book is rich not just in memorable, strange characters but in fine, perceptive lines.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• This will always be the fate of some prospects, even those identified as good players by baseball minds as perceptive as those that run the Cubs.
  — Steven Goldman, Slate Magazine, 31 Mar. 2017
• Steve [Rattner] wrote a very perceptive op-ed about why these proposals don’t work, or worse.
  — Eben Shapiro, Time, 20 Nov. 2019
• Marchand is so quick-witted and enjoys the give-and-take...Bergeron is thoughtful and perceptive...
  — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• There’s value in being intuitive and perceptive about the things around you.
  — Ashley Oliver, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• But to a perceptive birder like Gibson, the neighborhood pond is an expanse of new birds.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2021
• At 18, Gutierrez is extremely perceptive of how he’s transformed over the last few years.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2023
• Godard’s camera has a formidable agility that’s at once perceptive and analytical, moving at the speed of sight and thought together.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
• Early in his presidency, Biden asked perceptive questions, concentrated fully, and was engaged and lucid in his comments.
  — Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024