FEELING in a Sentence

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For FEELING, below is one of 420 sentences:
Ethan's heart was jerking to and fro between two extremities of feeling, but for the moment compassion prevailed.

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 Meanings and Examples of FEELING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
feeling
 n.  an emotional state or reaction
 a.  sensitive
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The mere fact of obeying her orders, of feeling free to go about his business again and talk with other men, restored his shaken balance and magnified his sense of what he owed her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Ethan's heart was jerking to and fro between two extremities of feeling, but for the moment compassion prevailed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  He wanted to get the feeling of it into his hand, so that it would sleep there like a seed in winter.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  He bent down, feeling in the obscurity for the glassy slide worn by preceding coasters, and placed the runners carefully between its edges.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  He knew he had made India love him and he knew that she still loved him and, deep in his heart, he had the feeling that he had not played the gentleman.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold, and a feeling of disaster oppressed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Some of the disappointment of the day and the dread of the morrow departed from her, leaving a feeling of hope.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  As the carriage bore her down the red road toward the Wilkes plantation, Scarlett had a feeling of guilty pleasure that neither her mother nor Mammy was with the party.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  "My fillies are feeling their oats this morning," said Mrs. Tarleton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  But somehow, unbidden, she had a feeling of respect for Rhett Butler for refusing to marry a girl who was a fool.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  Scarlett had an uneasy feeling that this man who was not received was the only one present who knew what lay behind her wild gaiety and that it was affording him sardonic amusement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  Life and feeling and comprehension were beginning to flow back into her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  She had always been so proud of never feeling giddy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  Gradually the sickening feeling began to depart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  "I won't," said Scarlett, having no idea what Mrs. Merriwether was talking about but feeling a glow of warmth at being welcomed and wanted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I'd had two glasses of wine and I was feeling mellow.
17  He paused, feeling his scalp prickling under his hat.
18  The general feeling at the meeting was that a vote should be taken.
19  Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.
20  The film caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described.
21  I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love.
22  People doing yoga benefit from an increased feeling of well-being.
23  I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling a bit grumpy.
24  I've been feeling kind of blue.
25  Sometimes love is not a feeling but a choice.
26  I woke up in the night feeling cold.
27  There's a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too commercial.
28  Light colours create a feeling of spaciousness.
29  I can't afford to bear the deep feeling is the burden, sweet prattle just happened to cash lies.
30  I cannot describe the feeling of contentment that was with me at that time.