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71 example sentences for INSENSIBLE, such as:
1. Then, for a time, I was insensible.
2. Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen.
3. For a long time I must have been insensible upon the machine.
4. She arrived there in great agitation, and was insensible all through the night.
5. It was impossible for her to be insensible of Mr. Crawford's change of manners.
2. Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen.
3. For a long time I must have been insensible upon the machine.
4. She arrived there in great agitation, and was insensible all through the night.
5. It was impossible for her to be insensible of Mr. Crawford's change of manners.
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Meanings and Examples of INSENSIBLE
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insensible
a. unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1 She arrived there in great agitation, and was insensible all through the night.
2 In fact, they seemed insensible of their presence, and of every thing save the discharge of their own horrible duty.
3 Besides, he was not insensible to the honour of allying his own line to that of Alfred, when the superior claims of the descendant of Edward the Confessor were abandoned for ever.
4 It was impossible for her to be insensible of Mr. Crawford's change of manners.
5 It is you, only you, insensible Fanny, who can think of him with anything like indifference.
6 But, for many days, Oliver remained insensible to all the goodness of his new friends.
7 Still, Oliver lay motionless and insensible on the spot where Sikes had left him.
8 Since he actually was expected in the country, she must teach herself to be insensible on such points.
9 They ascended and passed him; and as they passed, Anne's face caught his eye, and he looked at her with a degree of earnest admiration, which she could not be insensible of.
10 She did not know I was going to her house that very night, for she was too insensible to understand me.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"
11 Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
12 Both of them were blue-lipped and insensible, with swollen, congested faces and protruding eyes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
13 I fainted once more, but again it could only have been for a very few minutes during which I was insensible.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
14 Then, for a time, I was insensible.
15 For a long time I must have been insensible upon the machine.
Example Sentence:
1 Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment, she seems insensible to shame.
2 The shock of the accident left him insensate, but after some time, he was able to tell the officer what had happened.