feel for

Example Sentences

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“Timothée wound up getting a better feel for it than most professional players because professional players take the cue from the ball. You take the ball away, they all were like ‘What is the timing?’

From Los Angeles Times

Despite her age, Ryabov said, Polina shows advanced skills with the pottery wheel and has a good feel for the right thickness and balance of clay.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ADF gap year programme has been in operation for more than a decade, with applicants offered the chance "get a feel for military life while enjoying unique experiences you can't find anywhere else".

From BBC

"It is just such a sad sad thing to happen on Christmas Day, you just feel for the families."

From BBC

"Things can get spoken about and blown-up pretty heavily. I feel for them, in a way. It can be tricky."

From BBC