feelings
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Because, yeah, my feelings were definitely hurt if it was a fake address.
From Los Angeles Times
Everyone was so kind to her; she wanted to spare their feelings, and she didn’t want their pity.
It was disgusting, but I didn’t want to hurt her feelings, so I sipped what I could.
From Literature
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"Certainly when you lose a game you have a lot of feelings, because especially the group of players are so competitive and they seek excellence," the Spaniard said.
From Barron's
Despite the presence of mild frost on the part of Mira, whose face intermittently flickers with anxiety, disorientation and more deeply buried feelings, she and Beckett have accepted Edgar’s invitation to stop by.
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