Sentence examples for sensory powers from inspiring English sources

Film-makers often allude to the sensory powers of elephants; here, their ability to pick up the infrasonic sound waves of storms up to 500 miles away was clearly demonstrated.

In nature, the narwhal's is arguably the most magical, as it has remarkable sensory powers.

A flash of lightning will make a physical impression on our eyes, and this physical impression can, through the via colligantiae, affect the spiritual sensory powers.

He adopts the traditional idea that the intellect is capable of turning reflexively toward itself, but he also attributes certain types of reflexivity to the sensory powers of the soul and argues that the will is a reflexive power.

Kames, however, could not see any difference between the deception by which we believe ourselves to be free when in fact we are necessitated and the deception by which we believe secondary qualities, such as colours and sounds, to be in the external world and able to get along without us, when in fact they depend for their existence upon the exercise of our own sensory powers.

I think that's a flimsy distinction, since both are about submitting to the sensory power of music.

Much that is modern does precisely that, and some other sensory power is needed to understand it.

Liberated from the obligations and contingencies of a real building, can it jump free and take on a greater sensory power – or is it hollowed of all meaning and left to fall flat?

Hilary Mantel explains her own confidence in her memories as growing from their vivid physicality: Though my early memories are patchy, I think they are not, or not entirely confabulation, and I believe this because of their overwhelming sensory power; they come complete, not like the groping, generalized formulations of the subjects fooled by the photograph.

He believes YouTube can help redefine the $74 billion TV ad industry, combining the clout of "Google's relevant text links" with the sensory power of television to "present a compelling brand image".

As I've said, I'm reticent to allocate it a concrete meaning, because what I love about Killer7, especially today, is its raw, sensory power.