feeling terrible
Example Sentences
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"We were thinking, was it a bit of chicken he ate, or an ice cream his Nana gave him - she was feeling terrible about that - or was it something in the water?"
From BBC • May 10, 2025
“I obviously feel awful for all the resources and time this has caused everybody. I don’t think you can feel human without feeling terrible for everyone involved,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
He had been wanting to find a way to be more efficient at events to make business connections while also not feeling terrible the next day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023
The letter detailed that Haft had "gotten into trouble and she had let everybody down and she was feeling terrible."
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2022
She realized he must be feeling terrible shame— shame that he could not rescue himself, or Amari, or change any of what was happening to them.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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