HYPERSENSITIVE in a Sentence

Learn HYPERSENSITIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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1. The hypersensitive response is an inducible plant defense mechanism.
2. In the result Chichikov received not only his papers, but also some warm clothing for his hypersensitive limbs.
3. This explanation was readily understood by Melanie who was hypersensitive about all matters relating to childbirth.

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 Meanings and Examples of HYPERSENSITIVE
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hypersensitive
 a.  having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
Classic Sentence:
1  This explanation was readily understood by Melanie who was hypersensitive about all matters relating to childbirth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
2  In the result Chichikov received not only his papers, but also some warm clothing for his hypersensitive limbs.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The hypersensitive response is an inducible plant defense mechanism.