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il sentit

felt, sensed

→ sentir
sent to sense; to perceive + it 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #23,779
felt, sensed Literary past-tense form, used mainly in writing.
FR: Elle sentit le froid sur ses mains.
EN: She felt the cold on her hands.
Conjugation of sentir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third sentit —

Marie sentit le bébé bouger.

Mary felt the baby move.

Elle sentit son cœur s'affoler.

She felt her heart start to race.

Tom sentit ses genoux trembler.

Tom felt his knees tremble.

Il sentit une douleur dans son dos.

He felt a pain in his back.

Marie sentit les battements de son cœur s'accélérer.

Marie felt her heart beating faster.

Aussitôt qu'il sentit sa maison trembler, il se précipita dans le jardin.

As soon as he felt his house shake, he rushed into the garden.

Il sentit que c'était son devoir d'y aller.

He felt that it was his duty to go.

Mais on sentit bientôt que ce journal lui-même commençait à faiblir.

But soon it became clear that the newspaper itself was beginning to falter.

Alors il sentit un atroce coup de bâton sur la poitrine.

Then he felt a terrible blow from a stick to his chest.

— Le Petit Soldat (1963)

L'officier de police de service sentit un vieil homme s'approcher derrière lui.

The police officer on duty felt an old man approaching behind him.

Ganimard la sentit, la goûta.

Ganimard felt it, then tasted it.

Néanmoins, pendant le dîner, elle sentit une forte tension entre les deux amis.

Nevertheless, during dinner, she sensed a strong tension between the two friends.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Tom sentit quelqu'un toucher son bras.

Tom felt someone touch his arm.

John sentit la présence d'un fantôme dans la pièce sombre.

John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.

Thomas sentit une présence derrière lui.

Thomas felt a presence behind him.

Le pêcheur sentit une forte résistance au bout de la ligne.

The fisherman felt a strong resistance at the end of the line.

Elle sentit ses genoux trembler.

She felt her knees tremble.

Thomas sentit son téléphone vibrer.

Thomas felt his phone vibrate.