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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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