feel
verb (used with object)
to perceive or examine by touch.
were feeling
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past progressiveof feel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Oleksandr Pestrykov, an advocacy expert from the Ukrainian House foundation in Warsaw, told AFP that Ukrainians in Poland were feeling the effects of the chilling relations personally.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Builders were feeling pretty gloomy about the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Walmart is “muting what was otherwise a higher price increase where consumers were feeling pressure,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Villarreal: Sort of what you were feeling during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
By the time they found the floating island, it had been over six months since they left the Paradise Islands, and they were feeling the effects of starvation.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
