- present participle of feel.
feeling
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She says the newer version was an improvement, feeling "tight and secure" and looking smarter, "but, ultimately, it still wasn't designed to fit me".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The court found that while one of Wilson's 2024 Instagram posts had suggested MacInnes "changed her story about feeling uncomfortable about what happened in the bathroom", this was not defamatory and was also "substantially true".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
These assessments included responses to statements such as, "I've been feeling optimistic about the future" and "I've been dealing with problems well."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ashley Katzenback, a Massachusetts-based physical therapist, says not to expect that one massage will have you feeling yourself after an 18-hour flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A warm feeling spread through me when he said that, because it proved he saw my efforts.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“It turns out, laughably, that an interest in privacy, and staying quiet about internal feelings, are hallmarks of this condition,” she writes, offering a partial explanation for her wariness of company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The harm I have suffered and the feelings I have experienced cannot be defined by that figure alone," Mui said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
The pathologizing of bad feelings is a very modern concept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Although Stokes said he had developed "negative feelings" around playing for England, he said his time back in county cricket rekindled his love for the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then he performed another sigh, but this time paying close attention to his feelings while he did it.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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