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sinking feeling
noun as in foreboding
noun as in portent
noun as in premonition
Example Sentences
He later has a sinking feeling, frantically calling the office in an effort to track her down.
But as the campaign wore on, I definitely got the same sinking feeling that many others did.
"Yes, sir," said Stover, looking down with a sinking feeling.
"It is no use," he faltered, as his eyes momentarily filled under a sinking feeling of utter loneliness.
A peculiar heart-sinking feeling persisted with him, which the coming storm did not alleviate.
I've that kind of sinking feeling, and a general lowness—She says I lunch too heavily—but I swear it's more than that!
He had a sinking feeling of having thrown away all by his folly—and he did not know that he was in love.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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