As I stood there every fiber of me quivered in response to that subconscious warning; some obscure, deep-hidden instinct sensed peril, as a man senses the presence of the rattlesnake in the darkness, or the swamp panther crouching in the bushes.

Some instinct in him which never rested had sensed danger.

The primal instincts of the hunter sensed a vulnerability that could not be tolerated.

Only the whetted instincts of barbarism could have sensed it, but Conan knew, without seeing or hearing him leave, that the master of Dagon no longer stood outside the door.

While he had no instincts to sense correctness, he knew he was right because his sensory apparatus was infallible.

This Conan felt rather than knew, his whetted primitive instincts sensing unrest about him.

But Rockson's mutant instinct sensed death-immi- nent death.

Lee's instinct sensed opportunity.

His unfailing instinct would have sensed its rightness, however terrible his grief.