Sample sentences for PERCEPTIVE

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Definition

to be better at noticing or realizing things than most people

She made a perceptive observation.

perceptive = of something noticed that many people might have missed

a perceptive eye
the sudden, unexpected gift of peace which they had offered him in their quiet, perceptive way.
Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

perceptive = better at noticing things than most people

"That's very perceptive, son," said the sergeant.
David Almond -- Clay

perceptive = insightful (demonstrating a superior ability to notice or understand things)

For a grease monkey slash volleyball player, he was pretty perceptive.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song

perceptive = better at noticing things than most people

You're far more perceptive than most.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

perceptive = better at noticing things than most people

Wicked and—of course, perceptive.
Peter Shaffer -- Equus

perceptive = to be better at noticing or realizing things than most people

Ruth was amazed that her mother was so perceptive.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

perceptive = good at noticing things

The perceptive detective noticed every clue at the crime scene.
perceptive faculties
...her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one ...
Dickens, Charles -- Our Mutual Friend
She fixed him with her conscious, perceptive eye and asked him if he spoke no French.
James, Henry -- The American
From the start, he pierced with his perceptive sight Through the veils that hid this evil from light.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
"You know, Rebecca, you're an extremely perceptive person," he says.
Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
The Whisperer was too perceptive for its own good!
Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
There was compassion there, deep and perceptive, as if Langdon somehow knew exactly what she was thinking.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
So much for his perceptiveness.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

Most people who are able to handle LLI have high levels of empathy and are often very perceptive of others.
Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
"You're very perceptive," Sebastian said after a brief pause.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
She is brave, lovely and, ah-h-h, so perceptive, Jessica thought.
Frank Herbert -- Dune

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