How to Use proprioception in a Sentence

proprioception

noun
  • With the limb missing, there’s no way for the brain to use proprioception to figure this out.
    — Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2020
  • For instance, in a dark room, touch and proprioception trump vision.
    — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The first is your proprioception, or your body’s ability to feel and perceive the ground.
    — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That's because our body has a system that keeps track of where all its parts are likely to be (a sense called proprioception).
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 July 2019
  • That’s going to knock down your sense of touch, proprioception and everything else.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2021
  • That’s why the team used algorithms and sensors to give the robot proprioception — a sense of where its body is in space.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 5 July 2018
  • What Wembanyama does out there on the floor is at a billion on the proprioception scale.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Some researchers argue there are more than five senses, like proprioception, or an awareness of the body in space.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 18 Jan. 2017
  • Poles can help with proprioception on rocky or otherwise tricky footing.
    — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 11 May 2020
  • The most interesting sense is proprioception, the sense of being in a body.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In its simplest terms, proprioception is your awareness of your body’s position in space.
    — Men's Health, 11 July 2022
  • This sense is known as proprioception, or your body's ability to sense its movement and position in space.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • That’s where proprioception comes in.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • That’s all thanks to proprioception, which tells us where exactly our limbs are in space and how to control them without looking at them.
    — Amber Jorgenson, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • For many amputees, however, the loss of a limb is accompanied by a loss of proprioception.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Outside of a brain scanner, the restoration of proprioception can in some ways give patients the feeling of having a real foot.
    — Gideon Gil, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021
  • That’s thanks to proprioception, which allows your brain to keep tabs on movement and spatial location throughout the body.
    — Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Footwear also affects proprioception – the brain’s sense of where the body is in space – which relies on input from muscles, joints and tendons.
    — Atom Sarkar, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This is a man who spent more than three months last summer in a Zen monastery learning mindfulness techniques and proprioception awareness.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • This is called proprioception, Klapper said.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The medial prefrontal cortex is crucial to proprioception, bonding with others, and our sense of safety in the world.
    — Donald Antrim, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Also key is proprioception, which is a person’s sense of movement, largely perceived through receptors in the joints and muscles.
    — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That should restore their proprioception, as well as a sense of connectedness to the artificial limb, says Herr.
    — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 2 June 2017
  • The plate, which anchors the clouds and provides underfoot proprioception, is full length to give it more propulsion and improve running economy.
    — Adam W. Chase, Outside Online, 22 July 2021
  • Not having a sense of where an artificial limb is in space—known as proprioception—is a huge disadvantage of artificial limbs.
    — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 2 June 2017
  • Nature’s proprioception allows birds to feel the wind through their feathers and fish to sense water movement through their fins and skin, helping both stay perfectly balanced.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
  • However, proprioception and touch are not necessarily one and the same, Charkhkar says.
    — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • Performing exercises barefoot helps enhance your proprioception, or your awareness of your body in space.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The feel is somewhat minimal with plenty of ground proprioception, especially in the forefoot.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 25 June 2021
  • There are lots of exercises for sharpening proprioception, but the surfing doctor is partial to bodies of water.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026

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