This technique might be used during the lead up to an election or some other sensitive period.

Figure 11 Long-term effects of deprivation during the sensitive period.

Thus, sensitive periods may exist during which language can be learned readily.

This process is most evident during sensitive periods of development.

In the last two months of his life, depression came again during a particularly raw and sensitive period for any writer.

Though scholars state that the sensitive period is actually quite extensive.

During sensitive periods, the environment plays a major role in normal development.

The timing and duration of a sensitive period in human flavor learning.

"This is a sensitive period," he said in a telephone interview.

We're going through a very sensitive period in our relations with the Froans.