feel out
Example Sentences
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You feel out of it and a little slow, but usually a good night’s sleep takes care of it.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Over the course of several meetings, including one at an upscale Austrian diner built into a 12th-century monastery, the men said they wanted to feel out the government’s thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The discussion didn’t feel out of the ordinary for longtime listeners of “New Heights.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Luxury food becomes a bite-sized status signal in a world where traditional markers of adulthood feel out of reach.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025
The clothes were a damp mass in the washer, but it was easy to feel out the silk pieces—Bitter’s pajamas, a flowered robe, a charcoal slip dress.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
