sensibilities

What it means

1. pluralplural onlyCapabilities to have emotions; feelings.

   Though she gave the impression of fineness she was in reality so determined that any sensibilities she possessed were held in the vice of her will.

   1939, Ngaio Marsh, “Six Parts and Seven Actors”, in Overture to Death, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published May 1984, →ISBN, page 26

2. obsoletepluralplural onlyFeelings of gratitude.
3. obsoletepluralplural onlyIntuitive reactions; instincts.

In a sentence

Though she gave the impression of fineness she was in reality so determined that any sensibilities she possessed were held in the vice of her will.

1939, Ngaio Marsh, “Six Parts and Seven Actors”, in Overture to Death, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published May 1984, →ISBN, page 26

Where it comes from

From sensibility + -es (suffix forming pluralia tantum; and regular plural forms of nouns).