feeler
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Last year, the British dance musician known as Fred Again.. put out a feeler to the Nashville-based alt-rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise about a possible collaboration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
“It’s always so exciting when you see someone with such incredible talent and screen presence who then is also such a deep thinker and feeler as a person,” Lister-Jones said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
This idea never actually got broached with Bush directly, but there was a a feeler put out to his staff to see what they thought about it, and there was not a lot of interest.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2021
He is at once a just-the-facts lawman and a prodigious feeler of feelings, introspective about the size of his ego and incapable of suppressing it entirely.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2019
Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Elephants are born with about 1,000 of these bristles, lead author Andrew Schulz told AFP, many of them anchored in the trunk's wrinkles to act like feelers and help the animals assess their surroundings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Finally, she’s put out feelers to those with private planes, even offering to provide a free solo concert in return for a flight to Wichita.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
Mr Walker said the council is "putting all of its feelers out" to "try and raise the money it can to stand a chance at bidding".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
I’ve been putting out feelers and things like that.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
The moth waved its feathery feelers and took a few steps along the wilted cabbage leaf.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
