'seemed sensitive' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the mood or behavior of someone (or something). For example: "The teenager seemed sensitive to his parents' criticism."
Mr. Li seemed sensitive to the issue.
I responded to Chris, too; he seemed sensitive.
Although he rarely spoke much about his past, he seemed sensitive to other people's boys.
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.
Mr. Jiang, who is himself a senior Communist Party official, seemed sensitive to Xinhua's vaguely sinister reputation.
Some companies seem sensitive to the criticism that they might be taking away people's jobs.
He seems sensitive and special -- a delicate flower blossoming from a sidewalk crack.
Effects combined to make her seem sensitive, innocent, and touchingly plain.
With tensions rising, Germany seems sensitive to accusations that it is fostering a business-as-usual atmosphere.
Primed by cable newscasts, viewers were eager to witness the latest incarnation: Would she seem sensitive or sarcastic?
