We know the world through our eyes, our ears, our fingers, our noses, and our mouths. Sensory verbs (or sense verbs) are the verbs we use to talk about our five senses in English. With our eyes, we see. With out ears, we hear. With our fingers, we feel. With our noses, we smell. And with our mouths, we taste. These are the five basic sensory verbs in English. But we use slightly different sensory verbs depending on the situation.Using Sensory Verbs in EnglishPassive/UnintentionalThere are three basic ways that we can use sensory verbs in English.The first is for when we unintentionally sense something. For instance, I am sitting in my room and I hear a truck outside. I’m not trying to hear the truck. I am just sitting here, and the sound reaches my ears. Hear is the way we describe the passive sense of hearing. Here are some more examples of passive, unintentional sensory verbs: