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Discover LudwigThe phrase "seem sensitive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone or something that appears to be easily affected by emotions or external factors.
Example: "She seems sensitive to criticism, often taking feedback to heart."
Alternatives: "appear delicate" or "come across as emotional."
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Some companies seem sensitive to the criticism that they might be taking away people's jobs.
Effects combined to make her seem sensitive, innocent, and touchingly plain.
Primed by cable newscasts, viewers were eager to witness the latest incarnation: Would she seem sensitive or sarcastic?
He did, however, seem sensitive to doubts expressed on Internet message boards and in newspaper articles that he could return as the same player.
"The things you'll see in the movie may seem sensitive to the layman, but nothing sensitive was revealed," Colonel Gregory asserted.
Are we helping to build SumZero?' " The one topic they do seem sensitive about is their upbringing in Greenwich, Conn., the sons of wealthy self-made parents.
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Mr. Li seemed sensitive to the issue.
I responded to Chris, too; he seemed sensitive.
He seems sensitive and special -- a delicate flower blossoming from a sidewalk crack.
And at least one former senator intent on confronting Ms. Rice seemed sensitive to her background.
With these and other gestures of restraint, King Gyanendra has seemed sensitive to the public mood.
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