Example Sentences

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Given these viruses’ weekslong incubation period, these people may have been feeling fine when they boarded the ship, before eventually falling ill.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

“Something that I have been feeling since I was young is a sense of difficulty connecting in real life,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Japan’s households have been feeling the strain of higher prices, and policymakers in both the government and the central bank want to see inflation led by consumer demand rather than pushed higher by costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Investors have been feeling more optimistic about AI and Tesla lately.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

He must have been feeling particularly nasty that night, because he’d combined pine sap with the knots.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack