How to Use feel in a Sentence

feel

1 of 2 verb
  • I could feel the warmth of the sun.
  • Do you feel a draft?
  • She felt the fabric to see if it was wool.
  • He felt a sudden pain in his leg.
  • I felt someone tap my shoulder.
  • Your ribs are bruised, but I don't feel any broken bones.
  • Right now, the club feels adrift.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This cake feels like a breath of fresh air.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The world feels as if wrapped around your heel.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • How does that feel to have that in all facets?
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 May 2026
  • And frankly, that sort of thing now feels more than a bit smug.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This felt like being so at home.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • Each era felt chaotic at the time.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The book did make my mother feel weird.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • The whole business felt tricky to me.
    — Patrick Ryan september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some even begin to feel trapped.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Moon boot vibes that feel like a slipper.
    — Anna Callaghan, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Stress may feel like too much to bear today!
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • The rest of the record feels just as haunted.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a way to do it where the whole thing can feel like a dance.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But these feel pretty fair, right?
    — Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • If something feels off, don’t push through it.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But something didn’t feel right.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Do your best to start a routine that makes work feel kinder.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Wiens felt awkward, and the two had a bit of a fight about it.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
  • When items have room around them, the whole space feels more designed.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Use your hands to feel the top of the bird, and locate the spine.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Why did this feel like the right time to unload some of this stuff?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Hawaii is one of the places on earth that would feel the loss of live coral the most.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 July 2023

feel

2 of 2 noun
  • He liked the feel of the sun on his face.
  • Although the table is brand-new, it has the look and feel of an antique.
  • But the feel of the song is still there.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 18 May 2026
  • Don’t be fooled by its smooth feel, though.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, a punch bowl goes with the retro feel.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There’s not as much with the feel part of it.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • There's a feel and flow for how the show is done.
    — ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Both front and rear brakes have great feel on the levers, too.
    — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And then had good feel, knew when to take off with his feet.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And yet curling is a game of feel.
    — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And then the feel starts to happen.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And then the feel starts to happen.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a retro feel to the reboot.
    — Simon Button, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • Just getting the feel back on a game mound.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • The game had a strange feel from the opening tip.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • One of those rare moments when sound has a feel.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • One of those rare moments when sound has a feel.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And for a more rural feel, head out of the city.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And all that matters in this space are the feels.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The blur remains, yet the feel around it has evolved.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Still, a lot of this has the feel of smoke-and-mirrors.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • The swoony strings coat the song with a lush, old-fashioned feel.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Alpert says that the bedding has a nice drape to it and a smooth feel.
    — Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Why does Kirk's killing feel like the straw that broke the camel's back?
    — Mark Kassen, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But this has the feel of a trend that has come, and inevitably will go.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The Ravens had the feel of a team that had its soul snatched from it.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There will be a tropical feel to the day.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • The catchphrase has a kind of outlandish feel to it.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The sturdy glass tube also gives it a luxe feel.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The oversized fit gave the piece a relaxed feel.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 8 June 2026

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