• Lise felt the vibrations on the ground coming closer.
• While it is still winter, we can start to feel the change in climate upon us.
• I didn't know what was going on, but apparently they had felt the vibrations from the quake and come out of the sand.

• Mac ran a hand over his short hair, then gently felt the bump on the back of his head.
• I felt around under the bed for some kind of weapon: if they made one more move on him it'd be their last.
• I felt around and found some old newspapers and tried to cover myself.

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• I don't feel, can't feel, don't want to feel.
• Collections of people do not have unique consciousness or identities: ‘society’ and ‘the people’ do not feel, need, think, or have rights.

• Rest assured that the material used in this is of a much higher quality, and feels good to the touch.
• I continued to feel relaxed all evening, my face had a healthy glow and my skin had never felt softer.
• Remove the garlic and continue cooking the aubergine for a further ten minutes, or until it feels soft and the skin is charred and black.

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• They were cautiously feeling things out, but when the conversation didn't blow up in their faces, their voices grew more confident.
• After you feel the situation out you can take appropriate action.
• An analyst reported that elements in the army were feeling out support from foreign governments for a move against the president.

• They groped us, felt us up and thrust their pelvic regions into our backsides.
• Yeah, he was just feeling you up and getting off with you!

• The survey highlighted that 68 per cent of the residents feel safer now than they did before the Neighbourhood Wardens started.
• Parents feel helpless in today's changing world and wonder how to cope with the truant child.
• There's no gate at the entrance and students just don't feel safe.

• She asked if we needed any help, and I said we could maybe use a hand if she felt up to it.
• I have not felt up to writing this description of events until today.
• Be gentle with yourself if you don't feel up to exercising.

• I wasn't really concentrating and I wasn't feeling myself.
• Two decades ago she was a highly driven academic - until the fateful morning when she got out of bed feeling not quite herself.

• Art is a luxury, so our industry often feels an economic downturn before other industries.
• As a committed family man he would have felt those tragedies keenly.
• When trading started again on Monday morning, the financial impact of the failure was quickly felt.

• People have truly felt for the victims and responded with money and in other ways.
• We feel deeply for the plight of the refugees.
• He does not feel for the families of the dead or for the thirty-five million of us who live in poverty.

Synonyms

• Former party official Matthew Taylor feels that conference has become ‘ritualistic and pointless’.
• In the end, Lee felt the parties were looking to exploit his difficulties for publicity.
• Interviews with a number of children and their parents emphasised how successful they felt the event to be.

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• Their bumpy quality comes from the raised relief so blind people can identify different bills by feel.
• The best way to tell a ripe avocado is by feel.
• It was fairly rough to the feel, and looked like it had been made out of crushed granite, cement, and water mixed together.

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• But the film's authentic feel is undermined by a series of political compromises.
• The seats are very close together, and this lends an intimate, crowded feel to the place.
• The first is to give an overall feel of the film.

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