“He says he is feeling too ill to teach today,” said Snape with a twisted smile. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tve been working like a machine, and feeling like a lost soul. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can we lay aside some of these feelings?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling, Mom? Do you want some water?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quirin couldn't hide his feelings any longer, and he looked noticeably "peeved." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My hand flows over the paper in broad strokes, a familiar feeling in my stomach as inspiration takes hold. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I went home, feeling sad and a little helpless. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He tossed them in the darks feeling sure it was the wrong decision. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were quiet for a moment, feeling the wind in their hair, and then Dimple said, “So, where are we going?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The beer stroked a place deep under his heart and put all the feeling to sleep. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not a superstitious person, but when I wake up from this dream, this painfully clear memory of John, I have the most horrible feeling in my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The hard swallow, the drowning eyes, something that would give me the feeling I needed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From then onwards he became the repository of all her womanly feelings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling apprehensive,” he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you feeling unwell?” she said, coming nearer to me, speaking very softly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A battle took place on her face as she tried to stop the feelings rising up inside her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling that the entire building could burn down around them right this second and still the old man would say he didn’t smell any smoke. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I say, but the truth is, I’m feeling like I really missed out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

‘I’m stupid, sitting here talking about my feelings when we have a quest to finish.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As I stood pressed against a wall, waiting, the feeling faded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had been feeling so sick that day that I wasn’t even thinking about Annie until I saw her in our American Literature class. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tally let herself cry, burying her face in the scratchy wool sleeve of her new sweater, feeling Shay’s warmth against her, and feeling awful about every gesture of kindness from her friend. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A half hour later I am feeling really loose. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Usually, I just bottle up all of my feelings and wait until my parents go to sleep so I can cry, which I know is totally pathetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I breathe in and out, feeling the ever-present struggle of my lungs to rise and fall, and I wonder what it would be like with new lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Such is His mystery: that beauty requires contrast, and that discord is fundamental to the creation of new intensities of feeling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid off the track and wallowed in the dirt, feeling the sun on my face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is what it is. But I wanna talk about you, not me. Ma told me what happened at school. How are you feeling?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the dream his deepest feeling was always one of self-deception, because he did in fact know what was behind the wall of darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The mood in their meeting that night was subdued: no bickering, no laughter, only a general feeling of grim resolve. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to my mad feelings all morning, taking every opportunity I could to shoot razor-sharp glares at Howard or to bump into him real hard over by the pencil sharpener. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I keep getting the feeling that Mom is going to spy on my work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped an artesian well of good feeling and made a small speech in my pidgin type of French. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth realized with a sinking feeling what the pater was talking about: the thing in the dark from Percy’s dream, the guardian of the shrine. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That means whoever wrote it lives in this building and is feeling this way right now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just looking at them reminds me of Christmas and the sticky feeling after eating too many, the surfeit and glut. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All checking in to see how I’m feeling. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Roy had a gloomy feeling that the forms and documents were written in such technical terms that he wouldn’t be able to understand them, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cover it with my palm, trying to get rid of this heartsick feeling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was going to be a size too large for me, not to mention the somewhat icky feeling that came with knowing where it had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The young, strong body, now helpless in sleep, awoke in him a pitying, protecting feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I had a sense of foreboding much like the one that had suffused so many of my days at Sing Sing—a feeling of imminent confrontation, of badness just ahead. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their friend the Lion, dancing past, bent down to take the wing of a Brazilian Pheasant in his paw, Jane shyly tried to put her feelings into words. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Had me scared for a minute there,” she says, feeling my neck. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He swallowed compulsively, feeling the scar tissue around his own throat contract. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mom could tell Dad had hurt my feelings. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stretches out on the bed in his undershirt and trousers, his back against the wall, and I lean against him, feeling his body curve around mine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I told Morrie I was already feeling over the hill, much as I tried desperately to stay on top of it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what with the hot morning and standing about all last night you are not perhaps feeling quite like yourself, Madam,” said Frith. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had feelings for the guy, but they were latent, buried deep beneath my resolve to keep my life and career tidy and forward focused—free from any drama. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You hurt my feelings walking down the street with Ice and deliberately looking as sweet as you can look.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And every minute the temper of the soldiers was growing shorter and a queer feeling of jubilation was apparent among the people. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the drugged, sleepy feeling that came from sipping glasses of milk, drinking them slowly so that they would last a long time, and drinking enough for the first time in my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stood looking after him, a giant tangle of feelings inside me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lemos remembered feeling the heat of the flames on her back as she urged her parents and children along. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I suffered the spasms of pain my uncle suffered, and these alternated with feelings of elation and power. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob’s feelings raged so hot and confusing that they stopped up his throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Poor Basta! Are you feeling hot already? Do your limbs begin to tremble?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stared at the statue, feeling the fractured place in my heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and Arthur opens his eyes; I get this feeling like he wasn’t really asleep. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When the butler brought back Wolfshiem's answer I began to have a feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“A hint of feeling that we’re being watched, but it is likely just my imagination.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘Put him in your boat. Don’t hurt him or bind him. I have a feeling Michael’s heart is in the right place. He just had the bad luck of being sponsored by the wrong person.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t stay here, feeling the way I do.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m turning here and there, feeling desperate, when I catch a glimpse of the oldest girl, holding a piece of palm bark over her head and wading through the puddles on the street. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still feeling it in September when Congress enacted a draft bill. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

My head felt unnaturally light, as if it were ballooning; I began thrashing in agony, feeling my limbs deaden. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop feeling sorry for yourself and listen to me.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But soon Gwen became distracted by a handsome young lord of her own, and Ash excused herself from the dancing circle, feeling that she had had enough. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given my feelings on tribalism, one would assume that I would have made halfhearted efforts to defend a positive view of tribalism. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma must have had mixed feelings about her daughter not being confirmed, but she abhorred hypocrisy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That feeling that being with Irene kept giving me when I least expected it again floated up in me like a hot-air balloon and I looked away. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She can tell what my temperature is just by feeling my forehead. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. I’m just worried. I’m only guessing Matsika wants us to do this.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Nor should you. We’ll find you some good wood elsewhere. I’m getting close to convincing a few key people to invest in our school. Now, Neel, how are you feeling about tomorrow?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there for a while, completely relaxed, listening to tunes, feeling groovy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Matt had a bad feeling about this, but he was too startled by what Ton-Ton was doing now to ask more questions. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a recess feeling in my stomach. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and crossed the slush-covered sidewalk, feeling a strange combination of dread and excitement. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And the horrible sinking feeling that I am being taken away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That feeling of being okay with your own death. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He must have been feeling particularly nasty that night, because he’d combined pine sap with the knots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I shift in my seat, feeling querulous and old. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry fought his way over to her with a feeling of foreboding: Professor McGonagall had a way of making him feel he must have done something wrong. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He walked home with a mounting feeling of fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands in my lap, feeling out of place and five years old. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We all read, but I never had the feeling of togetherness I’d had in Battle Mountain when we all sat around in the depot with our books. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have smacked that girl,” I said, looking back at them and feeling sorry, for two seconds, that I'd missed the opportunity. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But for the moment, the joyful expectation of seeing my wife and children again after seven weeks over-whelmed all other feelings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay then, feeling a little light-headed here in this episode of The Twilight Zone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He looked away and could not help feeling relieved that Odenigbo had not come. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After dinner is when we watched It’s a Wonderful Life, and I started feeling more and more sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I went to sleep on her lap, no longer feeling hungry even though I had not eaten any food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach wasn’t feeling any better, so I went to find Gregory. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jimmy McClean had a feeling this year would be a better year. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even before his birth he was a strong feeling—a feeling about the nasty greenish-gray powder Pilate had given her to be stirred into rain water and put into food. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I was able to express my own feelings in a place where people heard my voice and my opinions were never judged. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I managed a bright smile, to show there were no hard feelings. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her brain was feeling the pull of the earth’s magnetic field, slight as it was. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Well, sir, I just hated to see my little girl feeling unhappy like that, so I vowed I would keep up the search until I’d got her what she wanted. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She examines him fiercely, running her hands over his dusty body, feeling the shape of his skull with her fingertips, turning him around to lift his sweater and check his spine, his smooth undamaged skin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling of great darkness and foreboding entered my heart. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She understood feeling left out, and she helped me understand it, too. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered a woman’s soft sleepy voice, a glowing cave, and feeling her lungs fill with black oil. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I collapsed on the lid of a trunk, gasping for breath but feeling no real pain yet, only a kind of numb panic flooding through my body. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was one way of feeling out the situation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My feelings were governed by fear and I spoke to no one about them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I’m glad I know you, and I’m glad I know him. You can call me, you know, if you’re feeling down.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the evenings before dinner, she goes on extra-hard runs to try to shake off the bad feeling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A man only does that kind of thing when he has certain feelings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sinking feeling in my chest, I sat down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A cold feeling started in my fingers as if the paper was freezing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I understood her feelings, the more so because I'd now succumbed myself to what Mr. Pope called "the siren call." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He got the feeling that when they finally connected, they would create a picture he didn’t like. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But to expose the former faults of any person without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable. We acted with the best intentions.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m not Chinese, I can relate to the feelings the four daughters had toward their mothers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I swear that ain’t just the fluttering feelings I'm getting from seeing him lying in a bed half naked, either. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I cannot describe with what feelings I actually pressed my hands against the earth where the great Prophets had trod four thousand years before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked brighter, and I didn’t have that funny feeling any more. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sickly ferret feeling is burrowing itself into every corner of my body as I pant my last breaths. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My father must have had the same feeling because all at once he slapped the table, tipped his chair back, and began singing “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mom told me I could always talk to them if I had weird feelings I wasn’t proud of. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still, the nagging feeling that something extraordinary had just happened persisted... Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And this feeling, this tenderness oozing throughout his body, made him almost weak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. Are you feeling like punishing me?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got out too, and after a minute or so, Ron seemed to regain the feeling in his limbs and followed, still stiff-necked and staring. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

All I know is that a few months ago I was feeling better, and now I can’t think and I can’t sleep and I can’t draw and the urge to run is becoming overwhelming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeyne had been feeling ill, she explained; she had helped her back to the castle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Harry is as sane as you or I. That scar upon his forehead has not addled his brains. I believe it hurts him when Lord Voldemort is close by, or feeling particularly murderous.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I never even see white person until they attack my village. It be hard to have hate feeling and like feeling at same time.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head looked as if it was still feeling its hair being pulled. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It did not pack the stands with twenty thousand people on a Friday night; it did not evoke any particular feelings of pride one way or another. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the crosshairs, feeling like an imposter, waiting to be found at any moment and ushered out. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each other’s presence, that’s dopamine, the pleasure hormone, doing its work. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He talks a bit about high school being a time of feeling things out, and after that I kinda block him out for a while because the spotlight is just so hot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I moved away, down the bar, looking at them out of a feeling of suspense. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I did. I didn’t want to hurt your feelings. I was trying to see if we could fix it somehow. But it won’t work.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My anger was an exciting feeling, and I didn’t give it up easily. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But that feeling of devotion would not be enough to satisfy most people. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was it possible for her to feign such coldness without feeling it at the same time? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that desire would subside, and Taisin thought she might succeed in preventing her vision from happening, but then her feelings returned at the most unexpected moments. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For by rendering feelings in words that a stranger can understand—words that belong to the public, this Other—the young diarist no longer need feel ah alone or eccentric. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I projected apathy about her feelings, but I wanted nothing more than to make her proud. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then I look at her, worried that might hurt her feelings. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“No, let's beat 'em up,” I said, feeling confident for a moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t say what she was really feeling, though. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stare blankly at her, absorbing her words, showing no feeling while my hate for her grows stronger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning sun, when it came, was hot, and I woke up feeling baked. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first morning after Westley’s departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess if you’re feeling up to it, your friends can come on in,” the nurse said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Contentment was too small a word for what Dicey was feeling. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie on my bed feeling easier, like I can catch my breath. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As we wrestled my luggage out of the back of my dad’s car, I could tell he was feeling lonely already. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It gave me an out- of-body sort of feeling, to cast my sense out into a crowd this way, prodding distant corners for traces of danger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Do you have anything you want to talk about—the stress, or feelings of anger, or remorse?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Bitterness twists my lips and a hard feeling settles over me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had the vague feeling that all my mother’s prayers were useless, that no amount of prayer could stop the police from violating our lives at will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was no stranger to hard work, but the thought of being cooped up in Miss Sadie’s Divining Parlor left me feeling a bit short of breath. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone just had to make it so clear that, whatever you were thinking or feeling, you were totally alone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The star leaned down, then, and kissed the old woman on her wizened cheek, feeling the rough hairs on it scrape her soft lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good I do, too, because I have a feeling I’m missing the patches that indicate the force field more often than I’m spotting them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Helen showed up in articles again and again with different last names, a few scientists began feeling the need to set the record straight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Van Helsing turned and said gravely; so gravely that I could not help feeling that he was in some way inspired, and was stating things outside himself:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why, but I have this feeling we should head northwest today.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s more of a feeling. My family’s from a part of the world that people associate with spices. It’s a whole stereotype. Someday I’ll tell you about my neighbor Mrs. Miles.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I know how that feels. Your dad not believing in you. That’s a bad feeling right there.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What was fun about feeling the world drop out from under your feet? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he sits with Volkheimers two stick grenades in his lap, feeling the last bright things inside him fizzle out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stood staring at us for a second in total silence, red in the face and sweaty, maybe feeling as wiped out as I was. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling he’d done a lot of getting up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I landed on the ground inside the fence, feeling like a genuine outlaw. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and the warm feeling leaves me with a whoosh. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I want to sleep, not discuss my feelings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She continues studying my face for clues as to what I’m feeling, her eyes filling. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

You see how things never go right when you’re feeling good? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I'm feeling like I want to kiss her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she focused on all the little lives creeping and fluttering and scurrying around her, she wouldn’t have to feel what she was feeling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I checked into the hospital with a feeling of dread, but with a desire to see the pages of the calendar fly by, so that I could see what was going to happen to me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where ... where is the spot?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Rested, scrubbed, and feeling increasingly safe, Shin waited for paperwork to be processed that would allow him to travel to South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I half ran hack to the car, feeling needlessly afraid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lashes are wet, and I know she must be remembering all the terrible feelings from that day. “…and they saved me,” she finishes in a whisper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I regret that there will be no “Hattie Mae’s News Auxiliary” this week due to my feeling puny these last couple of days. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sights, the smells, the rhythm of the folks, the feeling in the air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That still gets me in my feelings a bit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I push away, trying to sort out my feelings. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Emily tried to study the pages with him but couldn’t shake that feeling of being watched. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a strange feeling rising in my chest that followed—like something heavy was trying to work its way up from my center. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And a frantic trapped feeling came over him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie looked straight at me when I said that to him, like he was feeling relieved to finally have somebody understand his situation. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t celebrate St. Nicholas the same way,” I say, feeling guilty. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she ever thinks of me, and what she’s feeling? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the grass next to him, for once feeling the sharp edges of the grass blades against her ankles. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She knew Adam wasn’t going to ask about how she was feeling, or wish her a good first day back, or see if she needed anything. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The white students also expressed their feelings about the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I awoke with the feeling that a spotlight had been trained on me while I slept. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“He must be so upset about all of this. I can’t imagine how he must be feeling.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look around at the perfectly aligned end tables and the alphabetized collection of DVDs, but instead of feeling good, all I feel is Lenny. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, she got the feeling it held the answer to sealing the Doors of Death—the key to endless death. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I laughed, feeling myself teeter on the edge of anger. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s barely anyone dancing—people are mostly just hovering around the dance floor—and it’s hard to shake the feeling that everyone’s watching me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He felt that he would have lost all if he had to die without fully feeling it, without knowing for certain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After that the glimpses came faster and faster, till Bran was feeling lost and dizzy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

See, when you’re close to someone you get a feeling, and by me and my son being real tight, when I heard it over the radio I just had this premonition. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pedal, slowly, feeling the burn in my calves as I carry two people forward; it’s like running up a hill. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They gave me the feeling that I still had time to chop. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to school I was feeling good. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That familiar feeling from the Drowned Forest, and from my dreams. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Meg, who was feeling ill inside herself, made no answer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gives me a strange feeling on my skin to think of someone else, someone in England, walking around in my clothes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment everyone's feelings were completely altered by a sound from behind. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Insane in the way she sifted through dark things in a closet and emerged with the most unlikely ones—a fleeting look, a feeling. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I master it, I’m feeling kinda proud of myself. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Her voice is hollow, and I hate her for feeling anything for Jackson at all. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed back against the feelings of failure that permeated so many African American communities, urging people to quit with the self-pity and take charge of their own destiny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear turned away, feeling guilt like a shadow across his brow, and hoped fervently that he had not offended her. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We will sit,” said one stiffly, and Gregor had the feeling the bug wanted him to mind his own business. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boys got the distinct feeling that if they didn't have questions, he would be most displeased. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her principal worries seemed to be whether her parents had slept well, how they were feeling, whether they were sitting in drafts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Religious feelings and faith were channeled through ritual. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not alone in this feeling and I joined a group of young men who engaged in secret evening expeditions to the university’s farmland, where we built a fire and roasted mealies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a feeling of expectation in the air. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on up, Cat. It's a grand feeling.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Look," said Tristran, feeling rather odd and self-conscious, "someone will probably be worried about you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It gave Matt the warm feeling that the world was one loving family—very unlike the Alacrans. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke with the sound of Mother Jaguar’s voice echoing in my head and a feeling of urgency pounding within my heart. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know,” I said, feeling ashamed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was quite the opposite from the feeling he’d had an hour or less ago. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He means all of it—what I’m feeling. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wondered what Val was feeling as she watched him kneel, forgiven. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I fiddle with the curly mass of my bangs and slouch down, feeling like the plainest girl ever next to the fashion plate that is Katherine Deveraux. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, Felicia can’t help feeling that there is something unnatural in her mother’s attraction to him, something sexual. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the War of 1812 and the burning of the White House still a reasonably fresh memory, feelings were high, particularly on the American side. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I especially had that feeling when I read books. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Hannah’s hand, squeezing it until there was no feeling left. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Singer inched his fingers up the staff, feeling for the place, and continued. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling she’s displaying herself, giving me a chance to size up the competition. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted, feeling the warm, moist air hold me up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have the feeling Aiyi and the others have never been on such a long elevator ride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I got the feeling that what they all wanted to say was just You have the most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen in my life. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right from the outset, the previous season’s rivalries and hard feelings and insecurities erupted again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“How you feelin’?” The truth was, I was feeling two ways. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling I’m watching because it’s important for me not to think, not to remember about the bakery, and my mother and father, and Norma. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, unable to contain the feeling inside me and when I open them a second later, it’s like he’s gotten hitched on a hook and I’m the hook. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I only went because a friend of mine had recently died of his long illness and I was feeling at loose odds and ends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he had a strange feeling—as if there was somebody watching him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

All of my life had shaped me to live by my own feelings and thoughts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he really liked Sam and didn’t want to hurt her feelings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everything felt so good and so right, I had this feeling that we’d finally get to see the green flash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The old sick feeling came back inside me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she closes her eyes, she sees this: herself, feeling more comfortable, more in control after the distance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The only ways in which I felt that my feelings could go outward without fear of rude rebuff or searing reprisal was in writing or reading, and to me they were ways of living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just an intense feeling of fatigue, an overwhelming desire to crawl into bed and burrow beneath the comforter like a cat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes in those last years, if Melvin was feeling low, he’d go out and buy some wild tie and wear it every day for a week.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She said to him, “I have a gut feeling they’re not going to be able to contain the virus in that one room.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It left them feeling much more love than they ever knew that they could add to their feeling for their son. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the notebook in my hands again, feeling something clench in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling those cats would claw that man’s mustache off if Mrs. Franklin told them to. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Looking into it gave Nailer a spooky feeling, as if he were about to fall into the painting and onto the deck of that ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches down and wraps his hands around one of Henry’s wrists, feeling the racing pulse under his thumbs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. McCracken looks at me, surprised—almost proud—which gives me a queasy, uncomfortable feeling, like my journey to the Dark Side is now complete. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, raw feelings have been exposed like plowed-up ground,” she said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be right about Al’s feelings for me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Adding to his misery was his feeling of impotence; for perhaps the first time in his career, he was confronted with an engineering crisis he could not fix himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Army people sat in their two cars, eating junk food, feeling cold, and hoping that someone would show up soon with samples of monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate alone and walked back to my room in the snowy twilight, with a sour, humorless feeling as if I were the victim of a practical joke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to understand the feeling the mhondoro had about her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m really into dogs, but sometimes I got the feeling I was nothing more than the family mascot. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We had ended things so violently that night, I had a feeling he wanted to discuss this at his own pace, on his own terms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She did not think he was quite so hardened as his wife, though growing very like her;—she spoke some of her feelings, by observing audibly to her partner, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Little was not at all sure that he understood Stuart’s real feeling about a mousehole. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I loved the feeling and remember it to this day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now I had them feeling sorry for the beagle, too. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was like his, the pain she was feeling was so deep that it seemed to inhabit every atom of her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the carpet, feeling the pounding in my brain, when Tyler found me and folded himself onto the sofa near my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only the strongest people can turn away fom feelings like that. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling that I was an old story somewhere beyond the foot of the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she climbed into the silence with him, staying there, feeling its soft curves. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On such a day, it is hard to believe how quickly every feeling, every goodness, can change and go away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked out of the Masters’ Hall, I ignored the sinking feeling in my gut and tried to think of a way I could lay hands on more money by tomorrow noon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium cheering and clapping and feeling delighted as the Permian Panthers destroyed the vaunted Midland High Bulldogs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fascinated, Fadi pressed his nose against the glass, feeling as if he could reach out with his hand and touch the cool water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But now I stand there, feeling dull and out of place and wondering how I was ever friends with Amanda to begin with. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That’s my fault, of course, because I behaved stupidly, like a child, because I didn’t like feeling rejected. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This feeling in my gut, that there was something more at work here than just the two of us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Zu was hot, well past the point of feeling feverish. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My body grows larger with each step I take, every part of me feeling braver, like I know I done made the right decision. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of terrible ways to die, and even if Ophie didn’t know what all of them were, she had a feeling this boy knew at least one. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I do mind... very much. I don’t want anybody coming around feeling sorry for me.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to make himself sick or crazy, one,” I said to Cletus, suddenly feeling a big lump in my throat, a wetness in my eyes. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry lay there, staring up at the patch of light on the ceiling, his recently mended skull not hurting, precisely, but feeling slightly tender underneath all the bandaging. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The look that falls over Brandy’s face tells me that Tressa doesn’t protect her feelings, either. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I get up, feeling worlds better—I found Ralph!—and peek over the railing of the loft to make sure Guillermo isn’t in the mailroom listening to me giggling up here all alone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to hurt your feelings . . .” “You can’t. I’m talking for God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Purple can be tricky, but it usually means somebody’s feeling overwhelmed. Still thinking about Moreau? Or is it the plan—your part does seem a lot harder than mine.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some even forgave him or her in the interest of truth, feeling that the thief had a very important mission that would have pleased Vermeer himself. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling I know where I’m headed, and I hope it’s not too late. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As she saw me rise, she came over and asked, “How are you feeling?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mention it. The town is headed for a reckoning, and I have a feeling things are going to get worse before they get better.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Just a squirrel. Think the old man was feeling sentimental this morning," says Gale. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I passed my hand over my eyes, feeling slightly giddy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever I'm feeling, it's no one's business but mine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here I am, as close to the sky as I can get, but feeling like there's no room for me in it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ship was there when I woke up, sure enough; and when I went inside it there was the most lovely smell and feeling and food to eat and—well, whatever you can think of. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a wonderful gift, Dad. Thanks a lot,” Ben said looking at his father, feeling somehow transfigured and invulnerable as he zipped up the jacket that was much too large for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

White slavery, I thought, feeling a chill slip down my spine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Wish I didn’t still have feelings; it sucks feeling sorry for another ghost. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, feeling numb at what I was hearing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Annabeth said, which I somehow understood was Greek for ‘Go to the crows!’ though I had a feeling it was a worse curse than it sounded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many vivid currents of feeling between them that the very air felt electric to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If he was a bounty hunter, as Liam apparently thought, they were probably feeling us out, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of walking up the lane, I cut through the “orchard,” feeling the soft grass under my feet, stepping around the early pears that have fallen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want him feeling embarrassed or defensive for finally acknowledging his son. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling of her skin against mine makes my flesh crawl. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a good feeling about burying a giant spider?” asked Ron, looking stunned. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not as resilient as I used to be, Bull. I’m feeling older and I can’t take things I used to take.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed, coming out of her trance, and tucked the hair behind her ears, feeling the first warmth of the sun on her face and shoulders. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A bad feeling was creeping up out of my gut. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pinmei’s feet lost all feeling, and her legs threatened to go limp with each step. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Further, she had had a strange feeling in her right side ever since a man had pushed her into a railing as they scrambled for seats on the IRT line. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what it was, but something made me start feeling a little fra-gile. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was feeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could have changed so suddenly and so drastically. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then sprang, stretching out and out, feeling the air ruffle his belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I read somewhere that when a dog’s tail wags to his right, it means he’s feeling happy about something,” I said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the same now, only instead of seeing with his eyes, he was feeling with his hands. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was so dark I walked slowly, my hands feeling in front of me so I wouldn’t bump into the table or knock over a pitcher on the sideboard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a terrible feeling to love someone and not be able to help them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked down to the bay, feeling melancholy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My feeling was nobody had ever spoken to Mr. Clutter like that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d have the whole weekend to fix my feelings before I had to go back to school and all the kids there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ship officers were spinning their wheels till they were feeling dizzy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into his cloak, feeling for pockets, but his cloak was pinned under his body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They are now juxtaposing their typical day against this new feeling, what it feels like to not have cortisol going through the roof,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the feeling the memory inspired—the vague sense that the world around me was not as I believed it to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had a horrible feeling that explaining it to Percy and Jason wouldn’t change anything. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan knew that this sadness, this feeling of worthlessness, wasn’t natural. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Citra watched, feeling almost detached, as if this were a tennis match and it was match point. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Yet, the feelings in the air were not all placid. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big man gave a wretched moan and stopped feeling around with his hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That wonderful feeling that only a hunter knows crept over my body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes," I replied reluctantly, feeling like I was snitching on my dude, but my mom had a way of getting the truth out of me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I sit on the bed next to her, feeling her arms holding me, rocking us together in primal rhythm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I look at the open back door and get that watched feeling again, with a white man’s voice in the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But now it was humid out, his childhood asthma acting up, and Marius was feeling unhappy and unwell when I came roller-skating by. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m left feeling suddenly cold, still reeling from what just happened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Also people think they’re not computers because they have feelings and computers don’t have feelings. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lay for a few minutes lapped in freshness, feeling as if she were the first human being who had ever lived. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the park feeling mighty low and dim. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I said, “One of our most treasured feelings concerns roots, growing up rooted in some soil or some community.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not mind this question as much as her probing about my feelings. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was that sort of feeling in your head when you think about how the air feels on your skin and how the sidewalk sounds tinder your feet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Except now I was feeling different about it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I can scribble some ideas while my brain is not feeling so fried.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Luna kissed the lady on the cheek, as was customary, and quickly touched the mound of belly, feeling the child leap inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I can’t shake my weird feeling, and I give Grandpa a tight hug. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time I am feeling alienated from the rest of the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alfred scrabbled back in, reaching, feeling James' outstretched arms around his neck. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are not feelings that can be understood by a young girl. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was Paul, feeling up the German girl bold as brass—I am sure no one gave me a second glance because what a performance he put on. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I remember shopping for socks, feeling the socks, paying for the socks, looking at the receipt for the socks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If the face really was a reliable guide to emotion, he reasoned, shouldn’t he be able to look back at the film and see that Mary was lying when she said she was feeling better? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like the idea of having a place in school where I can be honest about feeling bad.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was hard to have feelings about something she was years away from even considering. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That I was feeling bad for the way I treated him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There I can look out at what’s happening in the street, while feeling safe at home. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Those people had feelings of fear and shame like his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And not just for the money: for the feeling of having proved his mettle, if you will. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ben was standing on the bottom step listening to this news, trying to absorb it, but feeling it rejected like a transplanted organ. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg, feeling absurdly out of place, hurried behind with his date’s heavy tape machine. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So sometimes he surrendered to these feelings, and again he bit his lips and meditated with the books throughout the night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was not very long afterwards that Michael woke up one morning with a curious feeling inside him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The feeling got worse a minute later when Lisbeth motioned me to follow her off down to the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mark was struck by the feeling that they weren’t alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed feeling feverish as I tried to rewind what I had done and find a way to make it so that it had never happened. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I try to explain some of my feelings, but there aren’t enough words, and so I just say that it’s a thing that has to be done. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one time when he was feeling so badly toward the end, he had thought perhaps it was a dream. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the burning feeling was in his throat too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Frieda and I stopped fighting each other and concentrated on our guest, trying hard to keep her from feeling outdoors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her happy, but for some reason that feeling of loneliness engulfed her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly weak, I lean against a tree to rest, feeling the heat draw the moisture from my body like a sponge. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And despite having no idea how to “fix it”—or what it even is—I can’t shake the feeling that he’s right, and I need to do something. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I had been so busy sitting there moping and feeling lonely that I’d nearly forgotten my commitment—well, plan, at least—to try reinventing myself this year, to not be such an outcast. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The best thing to do was to ignore this leaden feeling about the heart and rely on their common sense, their daylight sanity. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was still staring at the hanjari, feeling the goose bumps on his skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was feeling out of sorts because I was so nervous. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs Kingshaw thought, I have missed a man, I have missed the reassurance, and feeling of strength through physical contact. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head upon her hand to shade her eyes from the light “And what have you been seeing and doing and feeling all these days?” he asked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raise up a little, feeling the benefit of food in my belly whatever the stinking rag may or may not be doing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I have a feeling today's the day," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Everything about her seemed tranquil and soothing, pillowy almost, and gave me a feeling I could sink into. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

With these thoughts on my mind, I had a strange feeling earlier tonight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both Mark Antony and Cleopatra must have realized the strength of their combined political power as their personal feelings for each other took hold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Why was Mr. Singh destroying the wonderful relaxed feeling she had had only minutes ago? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

My own feeling is that one shouldn’t be too rigid about the Oxford comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

She told me that thoughts and feelings are vibrations. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I see what you are feeling,” replied Charlotte. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions—that sounds too much like an Erudite afterlife to me, all accuracy and no feeling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His chest was stuffed, a feeling of cool bleakness there, no strength in him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the feelings themselves were intangible, amorphous, but the cause of the feelings was a matter of chemistry, biology. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This will be the fourth season Erin and I have taken a break, and we’ve always gotten back together in the past, so why do I have this strange dreadful feeling tonight? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” she whispered, feeling the moonlight sink into her bones, easing her joints and soothing her pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want anybody in his kitchen, feeling the way he did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting with me or talking on the phone recounting their experiences, they were flooded with turbulent, often contradictory feelings of fear, anger, sorrow, regret, and pride. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The great humiliation of feeling that I am a prisoner is killing me far more than any other discomforts I have to endure,” he wrote—though in fact he felt no humiliation whatsoever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You left out late swim, at dusk, and the feeling you got every time you entered the glass-flat water that broke soft across your chin. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But for now, Sophie was stuck in high school, feeling frustrated and stifled. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled off feeling more ashamed than sated. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Get out of this office. I’ll have no feelings here. Get out.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering earlier,” Eleanor said, feeling she had somehow an apology to make to all of them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I barely know this girl and don't dare tell her my real story, even if I am feeling totally alone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His memory was all swirling clouds and broken pieces of sound and sight and feeling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt the idea was absurd, but it had sprung into his mind in the very instant of feeling the scrap of paper in his hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Though she was the only woman in the grill, she did not seem to notice, nor did her entry diminish the feeling of fraternity that enriched the early morning banter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much soap I put on them, they felt cold and oily, and I didn’t know if I’d ever get the feeling of death off them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, at a late hour, the party broke up after a feeling rendering of Auld Lang Syne. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unrolled the green ribbon and placed the gold disc in the palm of my hand, feeling its distinctive weight as I sent up a silent prayer of gratitude. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The mortal form of greyscale began in the extremities, he knew: a tingling in a fingertip, a toenail turning black, a loss of feeling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the things I hate most in life is people telling me to calm down, as if I’m some out-of-control lunatic who isn’t entitled to have feelings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Obediently Eleanor sipped at her brandy, feeling clearly its sharp burn, and then said to the doctor, “I must have said something silly, from the way you’re all staring at me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was in no mood for his feelings of doom, and I let my voice show it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘So all he did was hurt your feelings.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mutters under his breath: Turkish words I don’t understand, but his feelings are clear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was constantly hoping for an excuse to stop playing, and Jeffrey often wasn’t feeling well. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on her knees alongside Cinders, feeling one of her fetlocks for heat, when Osh and I stopped at the open door to the stall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once the telltale signs of sickness had been exhibited, it didn’t take long for Lester Burton, Arthur Devlin, and their wives and associates to start feeling a bit puny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had the strange feeling that his silence had changed. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you were a good dad when you played in a band. The best dad. I wouldn’t want you to give that up for me,” I said, feeling suddenly choked up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To realize how far away they were from each other gave him an itchy, panicky feeling. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was suffused with a desperate feeling of loss. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I have a feeling they weren't clean people." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to forget the morning,” Axel says, feeling the wet of his shoes seeping into the wet of his socks and the wet of his feet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling her mind was going to wander. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

How I couldn’t possibly comprehend what he was feeling. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I spent the next several hours feeling vaguely sick to my stomach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He played with a piece of branch, trying to distract himself from what he was feeling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Does this suit you, Mr. Bhaer?” she asked, turning her back to him, and feeling deeply grateful for the chance of hiding her face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I do that? If you are true, and your offer real, my only feelings to you must be gratitude and devotion—they cannot torture.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eddie Diamond and some of the others tried to nudge her into talking about the ambush—What was the feeling out there? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up quickly, feeling guilty without knowing why. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beer made the feeling recede and slowed down the beating of his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was overwhelmed by a feeling of great love, of the most humble veneration. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just stands in the doorway of his trailer looking at me, and then I get the feeling he’s going to tell me I can take that paper he signed and use it for kindling. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Do you get a feeling someone’s watching us?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Yet he came away feeling that the Europeans had less to teach him and Beams than he had expected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I would sit up there and breathe the unfiltered city air for a while, feeling the wind on my skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She walked up to the tree and put her leathery paw-like hands on the smooth bark, feeling for flaws. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I — I suppose I could go the day after tomorrow,” she said, feeling awkward. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was struggling with his desire to hide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘It is certainly not my wish to quarrel. I am sorry if you have that feeling, Daughter.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has the same mission as always, and a new reason for working fast: he's feeling so weak he “can’t count on living for a great many years.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As horrible as I was feeling about having to destroy Harmonee, it relieved me for a minute, just seeing him there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After that first professional fight he remembered walking out into the night, his face still stinging from the blows he had received, and feeling taller than he had ever thought possible. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange feeling of serenity and confidence was sweeping over her and all of a sudden she found that she was frightened by nobody in the world. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his hands over them, feeling for hidden knots and irregularities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I have a recess feeling in my tummy now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s this feeling. I know we have to go to the west.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ron looked for a moment as though he was going to laugh; he certainly caught Harry’s eye for the first time in days, but Harry was still feeling too resentful toward Ron to care. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It was an accident. He was a big proud buck. My dad slapped me on the back. I remember feeling like I was choking.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I shred dried leaves and listen, watching the pile of brown bits grow in front of me, feeling invisible. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he hated feeling pressure to buy something. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Jackson gives Katherine a smile of thanks and an ugly feeling rises up in me, part jealousy and part shame and part anger at myself for getting just a tad bit hysterical. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Like I’d talk to a priest, someone who’s vowed to love only God forever and ever, about the way I’m feeling. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Melanie had a feeling that April wasn’t going to trim easily. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and let the darkness grow and spread until it morphs from a feeling of sadness into something worse: a memorv, a flashback. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By midday Daenerys was feeling the weight of the crown upon her head, and the hardness of the bench beneath her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It made Piper anxious to reach Rome, even though she had a horrible feeling she was sailing toward her own sort of prison—a dark room filled with water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But soon she found she liked the feeling of not knowing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. I have a sneaking suspicion that she might not be feeling very well when it’s Riverview’s turn to play.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I can avoid all my old thoughts and feelings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Treatment should be repeated until the association in the animal’s mind between the sound of the whistle and the feeling of intense, incapacitating nausea is fixed and totally unambiguous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sink down a little lower in my chair, feeling very, very exposed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Beth’s bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

How had she so quickly, so succinctly, verbalized everything he was feeling? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, an uncomfortable feeling wormed its way between Pong's ribs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I eat about half my supper, then say, “I been getting this sort of full feeling at dinner, Ma, and then I’m hungry again before I go to bed.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Geneva, there were no residual hard feelings; Lawrence and Veksler shared a friendly dinner at the city’s finest French restaurant, comparing notes on the technologies that had made their careers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She asked whether I wanted to stay for dinner, and I was feeling bad about coming over and embarrassing her, so I said no. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his hand across his nose and the gesture filled Edward with a terrible feeling of love and loss. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Despite all the positive stuff, I had mixed feelings about getting into the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But while everything she said made sense, it didn’t do a thing to that dead feeling I had. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the feeling of the long grass skimming my ankles as we speed past groups of picnickers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a moment, feeling shy, but Rachel slid over and signaled for me to move next to her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I recalled my expulsion, feeling quick anger and attempting to suppress it immediately; but now I was not quite successful, my resentment stuck out at the edges, making me uncomfortable. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I wasn’t,” I agree, feeling a little better. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Galley looked happy to see me, which was a nice feeling. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why’s it so hard to just say no when he’s got a not-good feeling? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

By the time we got here, which I guess should be the end, I'm feeling okay about remembering things. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Sharpe, would it be possible for me to use your bathroom? I’m not feeling well.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I trail a few steps behind her in the parking lot, feeling foggy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’d found reasons to hope and always ended up feeling worse when the disappointment crashed down on her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The feeling steadily grew, until they found themselves looking up quickly, or glancing back over their shoulders, as if they expected a sudden blow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell that Ron was experiencing the same sinking feeling as himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the same feeling I get when Dad and I fly kites at the Cape, as if holding on to the string means that part of me is up there, way too high. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The very thought of my contacts gave me a feeling of sophistication, of worldliness, which, as I fingered the seven important letters in my pocket, made me feel light and expansive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had poisoned his feelings for his father. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Why do I get the feeling that ‘honored guest’ means the same thing as ‘dinner’?” Frank wished Mars were still there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a dawning lightheadedness, the feeling that he was dreaming but awake at the same time, he stood up and looked around for the cat, his guide. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she was uncertain about her feelings for him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you're not hunting, but-being hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then very quickly the frightful burning searing scorching feeling started spreading down into my chest and into my tummy and on and on into my arms and legs and all over my body! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Strangely, however, on each birthday I somehow got the feeling that I had aged more than a year. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already my personality was lopsided; my knowledge of feeling was far greater than my knowledge of fact. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was fighting down a rising feeling of panic. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He sought help at the VA and used therapy to cope with the depression and rage he was feeling. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m here, living and breathing and longing and feeling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Alex asked, feeling a strong need to make lists of arguments in favor and against. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She’s still in her feelings that I uploaded the song to begin with. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling Mikey never showed any sign of anything. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Saccharine sentimentality isn’t going to stop me from feeling helpless and terrified. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Archie massaged his shoulder, gingerly feeling the spot where Leon’s fingernails had bitten deep. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lavender was in the row behind her, feeling a bit guilty. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling something more than fear as I rode: It was fear with a purpose, fear devoted entirely to the task of being alert. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when I was feeling most invisible, being tight-lipped, silent and unobservable, they were whispering about me to each other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tour bus feeling, in a way, except the town he was touring seemed dead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t try to shut out the feelings. You won’t be able to. Just let them wash over you and drain out again. You’re scared.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And my reward for that was the feeling of her arm’s birdlike bones twining around my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling she wanted to leave. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pain that my stomach was feeling when my mom began to tell me had now traveled up through my chest, into my throat, and took a seat right in my head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So, feeling worthless and stupid, I just waited. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid, I remember having that feeling all the time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Seeing myself, I remember lying, feeling my back burn and my cheek, cold. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

About halfway through my glass of wine, my head starts feeling foggy, so I change to water instead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling he didn’t care one way or the other. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the fresh experience of yet another fire seemed to have left most people feeling grateful and humbled. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was turning into Dad, always saying the wrong things, hurting everyone’s feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then the other realized that he’d been feeling poorly, too, so we began to keep track.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He wears the superior scowl of someone who can barely hide his feelings of inferiority. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He looked around, feeling conspicuous on the empty bridge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why was he acting and feeling this way? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the same excuse: I still was not feeling better. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling that she had done her duty, she went off to her station. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Spassky wrote: “I have a brother’s feeling toward Bobby. He is a good friend.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It helps, that feeling of your feet on firm ground; it helps sometimes when you need to find the right words. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A strange but harmonious feeling infused the surrounding desolation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, feeling the way become steep before his feet, he looked wearily up; and then he saw it, even as Gollum had said that he would: the city of the Ringwraiths. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“All I can say is I’m feeling better already, and that’s a fact.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the look on Joe’s face and it gave me a funny feeling in my stomach. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he sensed the feelings of the crowd and it threw him off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Antaeus is dead. His oath dies with him. But since I’m feeling merciful today, I’ll have you killed quickly.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that many people, par-ticularly the minorities, whites, Coloureds, and Indians, would be feeling anxious about the future, and I wanted them to feel secure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so absorbed with feeling sorry for himself that he didn’t notice where they were until Jason grabbed his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As I think about it, I get this sick feeling inside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was no feeling of surprise or grief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last few nights have been a mix of strange feelings stirring in my belly. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I threw my duffel back over my shoulder and we headed toward all the action, my face feeling like a bright star. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into at immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I turn to her, frantic, feeling again the loss that keeps me up at night. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A good tingling feeling went from my esophagus up to my scalp. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Empathy isn’t as hard as it sounds because people have a lot of the same feelings. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” I say, leaning down and putting my hands on my knees, my whole body feeling like it’s falling, even tho I’m still standing up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He knew that was what Uncle Jet was feeling right now. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My feelings for him swing from hot to cold and back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want people feeling sorry for me, or staring at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After three weeks, she told her doctor that she was feeling much better and wanted a weekend pass to see her family. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This fight with Jay, on top of everything else, left me feeling so cold inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She gave you the feeling of a snake.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lie back on my bed, grabbing my pillow and putting it over my face, the frustration I was feeling toward her transferring to myself. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Matt couldn’t help feeling a chill as they trod the delicate petals into the dust. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit there with my heart pounding, head whirling, feeling more alone than ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go from light-headed to feeling grateful for the gift of life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That old feeling of doubt came over me again. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go down now. It’s time we were getting them on again. If you have any more queer feelings like that, keep close to me. I’ll look after you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like her, I knew the feeling of discrimination and to be looked down upon based on the way you look. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And the feeling, it is like a birthday present. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

After having been possessed by an eidolon three days ago, he didn’t appreciate the feeling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I could bring tears to the eyes of millions with that recording,” Bull retorted, his feelings ruffled somewhat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy patted her pillow, feeling the edges of her notebook, and then pulled the blanket over it and bunched up the edges. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But there is a way of feeling invisible that makes one almost believe it’s true. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just waiting to see what you was gonna do to me ...” I leaned weakly against a wall, feeling sick, my eyes upon the sharp steel blade of the knife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her guilt makes her blind to your feelings.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I needed to lay in a store of good feelings as well as stovewood before asking permission to go camping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That feeling—it tied her to them, to her mother, her father, her grandmother, with strong threads too ancient and precious to be broken. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have the same feeling about the rest of my working parts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine being fifteen years old and feeling as though your own mother could care less about you. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At that point, my feelings of isolation only intensified. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And why did not he hear resounding echoes of his feelings in the hearts of others? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I follow him, this thumping feeling growing in me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He’s feeling good enough to come to Friday night drop-in at the mosque? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I have a feeling she’d make an exception in this case.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

"Looks like a fracture," an ambulance attendant said, feeling her right ankle. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t taken off my jacket and I was definitely feeling edgy in the basement with the unoccupied easy chair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The girls never talked of their feelings; none of them possessed the insight or the emotional equipment to understand themselves or others. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash shifted on the branch, feeling the tree move beneath her, and she wondered if she would see Sidhean that night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This night the feeling settled on her heart again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We clamored out of the camp, all elbows and bravado, feeling our superiority, owning our luck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I walked from stone to stone, feeling the loss of each person. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know how Junior was feeling, but I couldn’t find the right moment to break into the silence of that evening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was also the question of Herman’s feelings. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

How come when you’re feeling good like this, something always happens to wreck it all? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walked out feeling small inside, and very much ashamed that I couldn’t have been more articulate about how I felt. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But if you believe a color gave off a feeling then I think it is true that pink gives off lots of calm. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember looking up at the cop and feeling powerless. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was fond and proud of me—it is what no man besides will ever be.—But where am I wandering, and what am I saying, and above all, feeling? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stormed off and left me feeling even worse than before. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling I was only getting farther and farther from the apartment now. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I laugh, but I can’t ignore the achy feeling in my chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I squeeze through my row and back down the stairs, feeling like every eye in the stadium is on me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When she kissed me, I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He did his best to suppress everything he was feeling and followed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

As the dogs loped off to explore the perimeter of the yard, I ate my toast in the dark, feeling alone in the best possible way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I rode to a chapel eventually, feeling as if I might be going mad again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder with what feelings you came to me to-night,” she said, when she had examined me a while. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But to feel that there were feelings denied me, that the very breath of life itself was beyond my reach, that more than anything else hurt, wounded me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed away from them, feeling they might guess my secret. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But my brother and I always shared our feelings. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldiering. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The experience left them both with a strange feeling that they could not explain. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But just two days later, the good feelings evaporated when immigrant workers at the nearby Argo corn refinery walked out and six hundred black nonunion men marched in to take their places. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It would be great to be made out of metal parts that have no feelings, only a job to do. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The near-occult feeling: The fact of being witness to the end of the world gives way to tangible things. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn't knock—she opens the door and walks in, and by the look on her face, she was hoping to catch me crying or feeling sorry for myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Either way, aside from the few lapses in sanity when I considered revealing my true feelings to Evan, I was mostly desperate to keep my love for him under wraps. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a feeling today’s interview will be the one. I also was looking online at grad school programs for you.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It took a frightfully long time—Sir Lancelot's innings frequently lasted all day, if he were battling against a good knight—and the movements had a feeling of slow-motion, because of the weight at armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like feeling the buffet of the first shadow fingers of cool air touch your wings, as the storm cloud you’ve been trying to outrun begins to catch up with you. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I say, feeling like a scolded kid. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Before I even realize, I’m darting across the street, a queasy feeling in my stomach like I ruined everything—that last brushstroke that always destroys the painting. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The brutal afternoon workouts left him exhausted and sore but feeling cleansed, as if someone had scrubbed out his soul with a stiff wire brush. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was feeling bad about how she would feel but he could not help it now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the feeling, so I joined in at the chorus, begging to get what I wanted for once. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then I was up in the dark and blundering around, feeling rough walls and the coal giving way beneath each step like treacherous sand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the train rolled eastward, the boys kicked back, feeling free and easy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Reporters asked Clark if he had any feelings about the event. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the whole feeling dissolved and we went to find our books. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve never met him, but I have a pretty good feeling that this guy must be my father. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He is feeling better with sweet trout in his belly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actual killing of Mary and Bessie was not what concerned him most; it was knowing and feeling that he could never make anybody know what had driven him to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tally awoke, an hour before sunset as usual, feeling sticky inside the sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining in the back window of the truck, and Tayo had the window rolled down and his arm hanging out, feeling the air rush past. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time,” he said again, feeling a tiny bit braver. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had expressed her feelings clearly to her daughter and asked her not to write to the boy or accept his letters in the future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Emma, of course, knew just how the bereaved mother was feeling. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forget can be a powerful tool for distracting an adversary. It can leave them feeling scorched and barren. Whoever wears this will forget something important.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The professor is feeling his oats now, and he struts across the stage confidently. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell that she was feeling guilty for having laughed at Hermione in Transfiguration. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So, feeling worried and quite depressed, I took my milk can and my sack and walked to the house, going the long way around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I straggle behind the film crew and the bodyguards, feeling their presence to be a violation of my beloved woods. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

George Weasley vented his feelings by hitting the second Bludger directly at the offending Beater, who was forced to roll right over in midair to avoid it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The naked women on my computer, I’d never had to talk to them, ask them their opinions, ask them about their feelings. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I looked away, feeling as though my skin had been peeled away and my insides photographed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We hit that little drum for so long my fingers started losing feeling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She let it go, feeling its wings brush against her fingers before it bobbed away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I take a bite of ice cream, feeling the coldness of it seep into my tongue. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to put my feelings into words that will come out right on my talker. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But in the end they kissed each other good night and both were left with the feeling that the other was an extraordinary human being. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just can’t help feeling that the truth is going to be terrible. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re halfway through it when another feeling finds its way to my stomach, winds up, and spills. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We lay there, looking calm, even though I was feeling everything but calm inside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Drink and enjoy yourself,” said the alchemist, noticing that the boy was feeling happier. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not get over the feeling that the young men he passed to the army were under sentence of death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scrubbed smooth and white, or perhaps it was the feeling of peace that lay across the room as tangibly as the bar of sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It seems crazy to talk about his being happy, and yet I have the overwhelming feeling he thinks the same way I do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was unquestionably a male face, but the feelings inside that boy were still a girl’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Good feeling doesn’t last long, though: when I step off the field, there’s no sign of the powder-blue Cadillac convertible Daddy removes the cloth cover from and pulls out of the garage every spring. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that this interval was doomed not to last, we are always smiling in the pictures and they evoke only warm feelings in me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Even if I knew the person could afford it. I just didn’t like feeling like I was getting a handout.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t show those feelings to the girls in my cabin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When Mademoiselle Reisz came and touched her upon the shoulder and spoke to her, the woman seemed to echo the thought which was ever in Edna’s mind, or, better, the feeling which constantly possessed her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And feeling that unavailing bond close on me anew, I was angry; for Ashe’s love had always forced me to act against my heart. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was happy feeling the gentle pulling and then he felt something hard and unbelievably heavy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to ignore the sinking feeling of disappointment in his stomach, Harry returned to his porridge. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“When you’re older—” “When I’m older I don’t want to stop living if something bad happens to me. I don’t want to give up. And I don’t want my kid feeling sorry for me either.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was too busy feeling sorry for Neville to notice immediately that he had a letter too. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After weeks of feeling too worried to eat, I'm famished. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something in the lyrics about feeling all alone when pretty birds have flown that I don’t quite understand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling suddenly surged back into Harry’s legs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After feeling more and more like an outcast, Peer Communications was my safe haven at school. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For some reason, when I met her I felt the same feeling that I felt the day I lost my mother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you would only hug him once, you’d see. He’s foil of good feelings—and they sink right into you when you hug him.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling of dread—born of fatigue and aversion to military discipline—that I tried to disguise. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after she had disappeared into the woods, he lay in the water for another ten minutes feeling the kiss many times. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The blows of the cook’s wooden spoon, the harsh words of the schoolmaster, and my father’s neglect were evidence of the world’s indifferenceto my feelings and well-being. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Wash drank half of it in grateful gulps, feeling the cool and the sugar slide down his throat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That gnawing feeling came back to me and I worked up my nerve. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo and Catarina would be disappointed that she did not try it on at once, but she didn’t have the feeling in her heart to match its vivid color. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I lay a short time thinking about him and I went back to sleep feeling warmed by that call, as I still am warmed to remember it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if T. Ray was pacing the floors feeling as injured as I hoped he did. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant feeling it gave me was unaccustomed, too, and gave me a small hint of what the players must experience when the audience applauded their efforts. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still feeling burned after green apple was replaced by lime.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Who that knows what his misfortunes have been, can help feeling an interest in him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The ugly feelings of the other day showed nowhere on their excited faces. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a disgusted face and walked off, leaving me feeling like something really low. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I stare, feeling sick and happy all at the same time. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I thought the TB might just be a punishment for living the kind of double life Buddy lived and feeling so superior to people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s staring and I’m staring and I can tell how much he loves her in the way he’s looking at me, a tsunami of feeling rolling out of him to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But then Mom added softly, “I remember the feeling like it was okay to care. To not be so blasé. There’s something really earnest about school dances.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He does have dark feelings when he passes by the Greyhound station, when he drives past the house on Claiborne where he and two friends and a stranger were carried off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

An ugly feeling of hopelessness wells up in me, and I have to fight tears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As they argue, the feeling that grips Charlies insides becomes greater. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger was still, feeling that the cat had given him away, had pointed him out as the murderer of Mary. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to explain the feeling. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I smiled back, feeling the rough and bristly rope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At evening he would walk monotonously around the room, unable to work off a new feeling of energy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I also confessed of once feeling sympathy for those who are inferior. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes again, I had this funny feeling, like, I didn’t just wake up regular, but something had made me wake up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He squeezes his eyes tighter, repeats the last words, chants them fervently, asThouwiltasThouwiltasThouwilt, until they wrap around him and the floating feeling comes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a deep breath and nod, trying to ignore the heavy feeling in my chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I grip the steering wheel hard with both hands, feeling sure he’ll race up to pull us over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a feeling in that car, and it was almost sadness, but it wasn’t. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had no handkerchief, but feeling with my fingers I washed away where the dried blood had been, with rainwater that dripped from the canvas, and wiped it clean with the sleeve of my coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She felt Imogen Sokoloff would have done that, would have savored the slight feeling of sadness and the beauty of the harbor view while holding the skirt of her pretty white dress above her knees. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t scared of him anymore, or angry, or confused, or any of those other feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Among them was Jaime, feeling as if he were in the middle of a nightmare. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she knows I was here—and I have a feeling she will—I want her to be certain that I didn’t take any advantage. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I say, feeling pretty bad, especially when I take a peek at Angel’s face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Madame O’Malley had a moment of silence at the beginning of French class, a class that was always punctuated with long moments of silence, and then asked us how we were feeling. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had never in all her life known the feeling of a locked door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the planes and picture the passengers feeling sorry for me for shutting people out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At break, Isabella and Julia are at our spot behind the portables, and at first all the bad feelings from Halloween come rushing back, but I push them way, way down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I had survived in the concentration camps almost three years, and I knew that what I was feeling was what I had seen many times in men’s eyes shortly before they died. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Got me feeling basic as hell with my ponytail. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

That Christmas I think he had been feeling rotten about having told me to not hang around him no more. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Gosh, that was a wonderful feeling—being colored and liking to fight. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The feeling reaches a hand through the phone line and shakes me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He touched her cheek lightly, finally feeling the smallest amount of proficiency. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If there was that same dream feeling about Michigan, then Francie would know that she was the one dreaming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue’s face always showed his feelings; he was an open book, which any stranger could read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was large and dark, an abandoned feeling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stick one of the candies in my mouth, feeling the peppermint melt on my tongue, and realize it’s the first thing I’ve eaten all day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized that he was feeling something he had never experienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling she wouldn’t measure up to my brother’s standards. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was a tired feeling lingering in the air. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She bathed, feeling almost as dirty as she had in Endovier, and was grateful for the gentle servants who attended her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Up until this point, the most the quiet young man had said about the accident and his feelings was to the probation officer, Kaylene Yonk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I have a strange feeling at the back of my throat; it’s closing up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t feel okay even when he tried to give me a gummy worm because I had a recess feeling in my stomach and I didn’t want it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent and the feeling are adventurous and exhilarating, with the salty tinge of a sea breeze. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This one sounds good,” I said, trying to keep the quivery feeling inside out of my voice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When he hit three homers in a game once, he didn’t go back to the bench feeling exalted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to that, as a further explanation of her feelings, she added: “Love is not rational.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell that he was annoyed, and I had a sinking feeling that my English was to blame. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Roy was feeling pretty homesick for Montana when he heard the approach of a siren outside. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrow mixed with a strange glad feeling that, for a minute, things are back to almost normal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening I’d just about mastered the last part of “Pirate Medley,” and I was feeling pretty good about that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my shield instinctively; I had the feeling something was stalking me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got out, I thought I was feeling better. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had a feeling. Now you’re starting to look like a rival male. I might have to keep my eye on you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a gut feeling, that we should get on our bikes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I need to know,” demanded Jonathan, feeling the dread of coming upon an awful truth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, sir, you dwellers in the city cannot enter into the feelings of the hunter.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had a bad feeling about where this conversation was going. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the mask against my chest, feeling the luxurious touch of velvet against my cheek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept busy, I managed to skip over most of my feelings by reminding myself that this was another bad habit, like biting my nails. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And he left the bathroom without another word, leaving Harry to stare into the cracked mirror, feeling sicker, he was sure, than Ron had ever felt in his life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Here they were, trying to bring back that old feeling, that feeling they belonged to America the way they felt during the war. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I left the spectators at the edge of the arc and hiked into the rocks, the way Fred and I had done so many times at Folly Cove, feeling out each step before committing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It sort of seemed like you cared mostly about the solos. But also just how the band sounded. Not how I was feeling.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Women love their children and their husbands at the same time—and men often feel a lusty thought for one woman while they are feeling a love of the heart for another. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the feeling in my body was gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a choking kind of feeling, like the earth couldn’t breathe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he came out that night, Mama asked him how he was feeling. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Even though Byron had a reputation for not being a snitch I got the feeling he told on me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have no hearts, only pride and a feeling that they are superior. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A frantic feeling started to grow, travel through my body, as if I was supposed to find that plug, put it back in, and stop whatever was happening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help feeling a kind of helpless and dispiriting pointlessness in what I was doing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t much like Peeves, but couldn’t help feeling grateful for his timing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At sundown he was lying on the sand at the bottom of the long mesa, feeling the heat recede from the air and from his body into the earth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as the clouds broke and the sky began to clear, they found themselves feeling something else, too. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My first feeling was one of thankfulness that Maxim was not there to hear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As months passed, our feelings stayed steady and reliable. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With the Aeron, the effort to collect consumers’ first impressions failed for a slightly different reason: the people reporting their first impressions misinterpreted their own feelings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was feeling sick to my stomach a lot lately. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could not for my life get away from the feeling that there was some one else amongst us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Come, eat something,” she said; but I put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present condition. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Valerie. The Goddess of Beauty made you just the way she wanted you. At least you have breasts." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I canceled, Mom. I’m just feeling out of sorts.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was tired but feeling pleased as I walked to my car that evening. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Urgency, and the feeling that “they” had been mastered or were on your side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a cosy little moment, when it felt like we’d left behind the bad feeling that had grown between us in the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom just shook her head, too overwhelmed to put into words what she was feeling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Moss ran his fingers over them, feeling each nook, knowing them all by heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear!” exclaimed the Wart, feeling ashamed that his blood-thirstiness had been responsible for making these two knights joust before him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove through the fog-shrouded streets, always too fast, feeling awkward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean to say,” Gherland said, feeling himself crumple and burn, like paper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Maya felt herself regroup, her insides steadying themselves against the nervous sloshing feeling in her stomach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After feeling the air coming in and out of his father’s nostrils, Wes started poking his father in the side with his middle finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It ratchets up the difficulty level of keeping all these feelings in check. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And with them came that familiar feeling of suffocating terror. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn’t seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

We are all feeling very hopeful, as there is a rally planned for tomorrow. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The feeling that they are holy objects is already starting to wear off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat quietly and watched, my throat feeling thick and scratchy. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I always get feelings for boys who will never have feelings for me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And yet he has the feeling that he has been to a few of her birthdays, and she to his. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect blazing in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Before I go, I ask a question I have a feeling Bernie can answer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But it was sad to hear it feeling blue like Janie was. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could not remember ever feeling more present. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I walked very slowly to the bedroom, feeling Alice’s worried stare on my back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stepped away, feeling stupid for being so afraid. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I remember always feeling really nervous, like I was doing something wrong. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The composer's expert control over such feelings of expectation and arrival are one of the main sources of the listener's enjoyment of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Quietly, she walked in, feeling for the end of my bed to sit on because she didn’t want to take her eyes off the picture in my hand. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If you were feeling really good, you could even go a bit further: “Sure?” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Without feeling in the box she knew he wasn’t there. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He knelt in the dirt a moment, tenderly feeling his mouth, while the hundred or so spectators cheered and honked some more and clapped and bammed their hands against their hoods and fenders. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a great feeling to be going there again in victory after the uncertainty of my first visit. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Made me mad to have her anger raining in on the warmed-up feeling I had with Pa talking to me just like he used to when he had a farming plan in the works. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to stop feeling that way. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Harry, feeling more stupid by the minute. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see his eyes behind the red shades, but bad feelings started boiling in my stomach. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He let the feeling soak in for a few moments before taking the matches and lighting each of the candles around the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He walked easily, with a joy of movement and with a feeling of walking in sunlight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was like she was so empty there wasn’t even a feeling or thought in her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Conor yelled, feeling too heavy to stand, as he did every time the nightmare began. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

So there I am, drifting in a world made of white mist and feeling mighty sorry for myself when all of a sudden I hear a splash. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I first understood the cliche of feeling the cold in one’s bones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Luwin arrived rumpled and sleepy, a cup of wine had steadied Theon's hands, and he was feeling ashamed of his panic. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But the kids will see my spots, and I’ll see them in the mirror,” I said, feeling sorry for myself. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer took the pack, feeling water sloshing in it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He left her on her porch with the feeling of a light-brushed kiss on her lips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime closed his eyes and inhaled with difficulty, forcing himself to contain the wild feelings that made him want to kill his brother, to run and marry Amanda himself, to weep in impotence and disappointment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the feeling of sitting in utter loneliness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one of us knew what the other was feeling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The touchstone of fraternity was my feeling toward white people, how much hostility I held toward them, what degrees of value and honor I assigned to race. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned to harden herself from feelings and emotion, as well as from physical pain. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It soon became clear, however, that these local people were perturbed by my presence, feeling something of a need to show hospitality. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking healthier and feeling stronger than they had in a very long time, they were ready for sale. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let his fingers creep across it, feeling their way through the embroidered landscape. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was feeling poorly and wanted to rest at the spinning wheel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And the more I read, the more the warm feeling slips away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were no words to express the feelings of Matthias and Cornflower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That familiar mad feeling was settling over me like a blanket. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Caroline got everyone seated again and turned the music down very low; but for a while they all just sat there feeling uncomfortable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to bear the confusion of feelings any longer, C.P. offered some excuse and hurried from the restaurant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron relieved his feelings by aiming a kick at a gnome who was peering out from behind one of the new Flutterby bushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t seem to wash away this feeling of deja vu as I think of my Freedom Writer family leaving me; this family that has always made me feel at home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had a panicked feeling, like my heart had stopped beating. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote in a letter to Etty, “I am reading the Psalms and I cannot conceive how they have satisfied the devotional feelings of the world for such centuries.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry slipped the tiny bottle of golden liquid into his inner pocket, feeling an odd combination of delight at the furious looks on the Slytherins’ faces and guilt at the disappointed expression on Hermione’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping, but it made me feel alive, and feeling alive made me want to stay alive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Papa,” I said, and pressed my pencil to the paper, feeling an electric tingle go up my arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then: “An intangible feeling of uneasiness made me leave my tent about 11 P.M.,” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Wearing it now around her own neck, Kira lifted it against her cheek, hoping to recapture a feeling of her mother, perhaps the smell of her: herbs and dyes and dried blossoms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since saber is all about speed and explosive energy, feeling slow and lethargic before every competition was distressing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“And so you actually put this piece of court-plaister by for his sake!” said Emma, recovering from her state of shame and feeling divided between wonder and amusement. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I can’t explain, but I—I have a feeling I’m going to need to step up when we’re in the House of Hades. I need to carry my own burden.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because Lyra was feeling rebellious and uneasy, she didn’t answer this patronizing question with the truth, or with one of her usual flights of fancy. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But you know,” Carmen said, “she hasn’t been feeling that well, from what my dad tells me.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A sick feeling buries itself real deep inside me, like a thousand roaches crawling all over me, worse than what we got in our kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I picture Mirjam joyfully reuniting with her friend, carrying a stack of magazines, carrying weeks' worth of thoughts and feelings to share, having the reunion that Elsbeth and I will never get to have. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, yes!” cried Camilla, whose fermenting feelings appeared to rise from her legs to her bosom. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His voice turns cold instead of angry, which is worse because it’s like he’s stopped feeling. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fred was feeling particularly good right then because Abby had just hit the magical spot that made his right rear leg jiggle. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kaede held the knife in her hand again, feeling the weight of it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But this is for our fortune, so they don’t have to work so hard anymore,” Minli told herself when she thought about the worry they must have been feeling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“My feelings toward your girlfriend are mixed, yes, but for the most part I have a lot of respect for her.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done the lab before, though,” I added before he could get his feelings hurt. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At this point, I was already feeling a fever coming on, and I knew it was from that lousy infected cut. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming in the windows. It has a sort of a howling feeling to it.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want an apology, but I’m feeling relieved. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, her face is divided into two parts, one with a somber expression, the other with a masklike appearance whose color nevertheless betrays passionate feeling. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, although he had passed several adventures in between, he was still thinking of the lady’s advice and feeling wretched. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Link doesn’t show, I have a feeling I’m going to be alone again. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Now, here’s what I think, and I have no personal feelings about this. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, feeling like my body weighed two hundred pounds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when my father picked up the telephone on the sixth or seventh ring, his voice, beery and irritated, gave me a hard, dry feeling in my throat and I hung up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their new weapons they hung on their leather belts under their jackets, feeling them very awkward, and wondering if they would be of any use. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey was on a new antinausea medication, and the doctors had lowered his steroid dose, so he was feeling well enough to play more actively. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his bland supper, despite the nagging message broadcast in his head, and despite the uncertainty of his plan, he felt a stirring in his heart, a good feeling that might pass for hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My negative feelings about Sam were finally confirmed when he was fired from the foundation some months later. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We’d all found something like that at one time, and so however much we tried to pretend otherwise, we couldn’t ever shake off the old feelings of hope and excitement. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I longed for that, for feeling absolutely nothing, and then I realized that was what my mom craved too. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turned away from her sadly, telling myself it was better, safer for her to vent her feelings on me than on anyone else. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to Mrs. Thatcher I was feeling poorly, and I was later diagnosed as having a mild case of pneumonia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns a corner, then another, and I know that knife-stabbing feeling in my side is about to start up any second. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Matt didn’t understand until one day, while feeling his way along the passage, his hand struck against another switch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something very funny about the man, yet at the same time another feeling would not let you laugh. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet dreamed, storing up energy, knowing the fight was coming and resting deliberately, relaxing the muscles, feeling himself loose upon the earth and filling with strength slowly, as the lungs fill with clean air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to hurt God’s feelings either,” I said, the words slipping irreverently from my lips before I was aware of their full meaning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But watching and making notes on the whole of the rearing will give you a real feeling of accomplishment. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tomas felt of his own body and, feeling the warmth, was reassured. / am real, he thought. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

What’s more, I knew that feeling to be my newfound soul, a soul that lived in freedom. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t explain the crush of feelings that are squeezing my insides, so I don’t try. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The water was boiling, and his hand was feeling scorched. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Chess slid from feeling a little younger than Natalie to feeling like he was practically a baby. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped conversing with my dogs, and I believe that subtleties of feeling began to disappear until finally I was on a pleasure-pain basis. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three full days after the treatment, about the time she usually started feeling better, except she was still throwing up, still exhausted, for far longer than she should have been— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Last year, I used to stare at the posters on the wall and try to block out the sound of his breathing while he waited for me to talk about my feelings. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I sit down, rest my elbows on my bent knees, and watch and watch, the swimming, thirsty feeling taking me over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Claudia arrived in Hartford feeling much happier than she had since they received the morning’s mail. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed and cheered, too, because this was exactly what I wanted, and I knew I should’ve been the happiest of all—but for some reason, the happy feeling turned sticky inside me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Later, I convinced her that I had not wanted to hurt her and she immediately seized upon my concern for her feelings as an opportunity to have one more try at bringing me to God. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too lazy to crack open a dictionary, they are led by gut feeling and intuition rather than attention to careful scholarship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a moment I got a funny feeling that I was the older sister and Lynn was just a little girl. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wait while Martin walks around the Porsche, feeling a rush of hatred for the car. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I gasp a bit and slowly lift the lid, feeling like she might step out of it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

From there, it’s a matter of counting, hearing and feeling how the strong vs. weak beats are grouped to create a meter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees by the fire, feeling around the edges until I grasped die end of a stick. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had trouble parallel parking,” I said, feeling embarrassed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Over and over he repeated those words, and in the morning when he woke with a feeling of happiness and wondered at the cause of it, he would remember—Shad was going to live! Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talk for a minute and I can hear Prentisstown? clear as day in his Noise and the sudden surge of feeling behind it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I concentrate on the notes, imagining myself playing, feeling grateful for this chance to practice, happy to be in a warm car with my sonata and my family. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling,” she used to say. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had eaten, slept for many hours; and the dull, tired feeling of starvation was gone. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my lips together, feeling the gloss, smooth and sticky. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing keeping us from feeling completely immersed is the sound of the crowd’s cheers all around us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling?” he asked, eyeing the button for the nurse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You remember that feeling of cold, freezing rain down your back I was telling you about? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He forced down a feeling of despair over a choice that was made and couldn’t be gone back on. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that she was fighting out in her feelings the question of just how much he meant to her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Logan held his wad of tobacco real still in his jaw like a ther-mometer of his feelings while he studied Janie’s face and waited for her to say something. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She fell against the cinder-block wall and slid down it, feeling as if she had been punched in the stomach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gives me this weird feeling, like I'm homesick but not for home. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was no fool and it was, he could not help feeling, extremely odd that any right-minded rabbit should choose to walk into Efrafa of his own accord. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. What about you? Are you feeling very Mozarty?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ball is an expression of our feelings,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At this suggestion everyone grew quiet, looking at one another with unpleasant feelings of suspicion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the attention, but that feeling was soon overcome by pain. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague feeling of triumph at having made them use their biggest weapons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Junie, I’m so sorry that I was only thinking about what I was feeling and how angry I was, and I didn’t even see that you were hurting. I was such a bad friend.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The good feeling lasts for a long time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s feelings were like those which might pass through the mind of a defeated general. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a festive feeling around the Nest that day. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Barely conscious of the fierce prickling of his scar, he too started to run around the cellar, feeling the walls for he hardly knew what, knowing in his heart that it was useless. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I nodded, but all of my Manuel-induced butterflies had flown away, leaving me with a sick, empty feeling. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I touched my feet to it, a terrible, prickling feeling came over my skin, my muscles cramped, my eyes blurred and I got instantly dizzy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was that when Mother said those certain words all the good feelings came back. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly realize why people believe in déjà vu, why people believe they’ve lived past lives, because there is no way the years I’ve spent on this earth could possibly encapsulate what I’m feeling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I have a strange and happy feeling that I can’t quite describe. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She said “motherland” and “Yoruba religion” often, glancing at Ifemelu as though for confirmation, and it was a parody of Africa that Ifemelu felt uncomfortable about and then felt bad for feeling so uncomfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ended up feeling really sick on competition day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip, feeling everyone’s eyes on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With the feeling that he was speaking to O’Brien, and also that he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The smell, the closeness, the riding backwards and the tension gave Francie an unfamiliar feeling of sickness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling he knew what was coming. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Phiri arrived for work looking and feeling okay. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “I’m capable of feeling empathy for at least specific, certain androids. Not for all of them but—one or two.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and started patting on my legs, doing my best to ignore the pricking feeling in my abdomen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For Claire’s entire life, her feelings had been those of—what? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I got that out-of-control feeling like when you’re on a roller coaster, strapped in, and you realize it’s too late to get off the ride. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He woke the next morning full of energy, feeling taller and stronger. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my father left, and I lay back in my bed, feeling depressed and angry with myself over what I had said to Danny Saunders. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling he just didn't like talking about it too much. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He had been surprised and even happy to see it, but these feelings were soon eclipsed by shame. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Held at bay by the hate of others, preoccupied with his own feelings, he was continuously at war with reality. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not very long, though rather longer than Mr. Weston had foreseen, before she had the power of forming some opinion of Frank Churchill’s feelings. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

My own feeling was that for the first time I really wanted to keep going. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled out of range, feeling a twinge of nausea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt, for the first time in my life, that great feeling of free'. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker was feeling very lively himself because of all the soda water he had swallowed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d gnawed on it in mute bliss, feeling nearly drunk on its flavor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first time she’d been able to talk about it without feeling stupid. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was replaced by a feeling that he had overlooked something important. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 8:30 I called his house, feeling so stupid I can’t even explain it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Awakening from this dream, he was overwhelmed by a feeling of great sadness. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or: “The child’s clumsy fingers fumbled in sleep, feeling vainly for the wish of its dream.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many people, it had all the comfortable fixtures and feelings of a small town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know. I haven’t seen Pan. I got the feeling he’s not far away, but I don’t know. D’you remember what happened?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Grover didn’t sound too enthusiastic, but I got the feeling he was trying to make up for what had happened in St. Louis. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jake felt his lips tremble with a sudden feeling of gratefulness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Samuel Stearns summed up their feelings in a bit of awkward verse: “This mortal Plague at thy command / And thou thereby hast humbled sinful man!” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

How was Ivy supposed to know how to handle all these feelings for June, all these feelings at all, if everything she saw and read about and heard about was all boy-girl, girl-boy? Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re awake. And dressed. How are you feeling? Not too groggy, I hope. Please come this way. Mr. Blunt is expecting you for lunch.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is as often applied to feelings which arise from a half-hour’s acquaintance, as to a real, strong attachment. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Joe basked in the bright, brassy music, soaking it in as it washed over him, feeling it swing him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I howled, feeling pain shoot through my limbs as the thistles of the brush encountered stubborn callouses, there was a loud knock at the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thirteen months in a New World year,” I say, feeling dumb for some reason. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was an old and far away, but very familiar, feeling of loss that leaped into his gut. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But the feeling that something was just not right had me worried. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t believing somebody spit on me,” Bull bellowed in disbelief, his hand feeling his hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I finished the bed, thinking it looked surprisingly comfortable, a terrible black feeling came over me and I shuddered, aching at the sudden loneliness. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But feeling all over my head and face revealed the true problem. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team doctor, Weldon Butler, ran his fingers up and down the leg, feeling for broken bones. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could recall feeling relief at seeing the house, feeling that I had come home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the window, feeling as lost as my present in the pile. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling Soon-Lee would have figured this out before me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He then spent three weeks in bed, made miserable by constant aching in limbs, insomnia, nervous tension, and feelings of acute anxiety. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Despite his feelings about Salvador, Ortega had kept Papá on his crew. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m going to go to Erin’s party after all,” I said, feeling a little cocky. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then, to keep from feeling guilty, Nhamo devised a method to protect her stores. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could pace, bitter and frantic and feeling every second of her deprivation and frustration as the sun dawdled its way across the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was feeling kind of strange, like, I can’t really explain it, like as if hypodermics were in the air again, but thrown all ways and still traveling. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around those times, I would call Nia to tell her I was feeling better and she would tell me she was feeling good too; maybe we were in synch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

What I discovered made it very clear why Danny was feeling so miserable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, instead of fleeing, instead of shouting as she had thought she would, she let herself be saturated with a soft feeling of relaxation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he touches me, the hollowed-out feeling in my chest and stomach is not as noticeable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Linda angrily turned off the radio and just sat at the table with her head resting in the fluff of clean kiddie togs, overcome by an almost pristine sadness, a feeling of hopelessness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The airy, oblique style in which it was written did little to dispel my feeling that there was more in it than met the eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Without feeling like they were making fun of him, too. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He would touch it, listening with his eyes, like an expectant father feeling his unborn baby kick inside its mother’s womb. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped her coffee cup when I said, "Hey! The guy in here's not feeling so good." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A young man and woman by a fountain, who clearly have a great deal of unresolved feeling between them, tussle over a Ming vase and break it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The feeling lasted only as long as the sound, but he wanted to go with them, to be swept away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan followed, feeling the soft, steady, and comforting breath of the boy against his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time he is feeling the effects of black self-pride. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s looking at him and looking at him, and Alex can’t shake the feeling Henry’s really seeing him for the first time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Violet was feeling the same way, until she reached out with her right hand to grasp the banister, for balance. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Luke dropped the gun and stared right at Lily, finally feeling the weight and the pain of Toby falling on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s sort of like this numb, weird feeling under my skin all the time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought I hated you but I don’t now,” she said, “it seems to have spent itself, all the feeling I had.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stand a moment, my arms at my sides, feeling the same stagefright of five years back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a certain sense of camaraderie in the city, a feeling that we’re all in it together, no matter how different we might be. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Thomas had called yesterday for our weekly chat, I’d lied and told my dad that I wasn’t feeling well and to tell Thomas that we’d catch up next week. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All the smells and sights and feelings of the world feel magnified. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the cheap, slightly clinical feeling it gave me, and recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fading of his sword the feeling of immediate danger did not leave Frodo, rather it grew stronger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps a civilization unimaginably more advanced than ours will be able to decipher such recorded thoughts and feelings and appreciate our efforts to share ourselves with them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, a sinking feeling in my gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he had the strange feeling of not being alone. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling this was something she often tried to impress upon them, with little success. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But with public feeling running high, the dominant line, at least in the US, was: “You’re either with us, or you’re with the terrorists.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But my neck is stiff, my jaw is clenched, and my good feeling about the project has turned to acid in my mouth. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Pop Pop, you mind if I miss church today? I’m not feeling all that well.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Those who do have their voting rights restored often describe a feeling of validation, even pride. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I got up around seven-thirty, completely groggy from the weed the night before, grabbed a shower and some cereal and was on my way to school when I got this really weird feeling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling it might be our last adventure together. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I guessed he was feeling the aftereffects of our night’s carousing too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had only come out tonight because I was feeling really restless. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Still, feeling deeply that his filth was an unforgivable imposition, he’d chosen to bathe first, and thus had he discovered, at the age of twenty, the incomparable pleasure of submergence in hot water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The hot weather continued and for much of the time he sat under the elder branches, dozing above ground like some solitary hlessi and feeling his strength returning. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark red liquid, and I got the feeling it wasn’t Hawaiian Punch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But after I’m home for a little while, I start feeling deflated. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I paused, feeling a bit like an idiot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have the strange feeling that this has all happened to me before—a long time ago. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been looking forward to introducing her to Miles—I had a feeling he wouldn’t mind fueling her Word of the Week a thousand times over. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“How will I hold on to this feeling?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time I’d get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, feeling the air fight its way in and out of my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He even waved his tunic over his head, feeling a little foolish as he did so. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the pain lessened and within two or three days he was feeling himself again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A friend who shares this awful thing, this feeling like maybe the world sort of hates you because of the color of your skin. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Other phrases, though, end with a more definite "we've arrived where we were going" feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was a very nice sort of feeling. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I absolutely need to be reassigned,” she said as soon as he met her eye, feeling slightly guilty. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I know it’s just costume jewelry and that none of this is real, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling the weight of the crown like a responsibility. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he does,” Reynie said, “but surely he wouldn’t let his feelings spoil the mission. He must have good reasons for including her.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And vet just a few months ago, I was feeling better, I was getting better. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been carefully trained by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he let himself imagine her feelings this morning, his brain twisted away, as his body might from a lighted brand thrust into his face. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She runs her hands over me, feeling the shape of my skull with her fingertips, my arms and legs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rejoice in the moment for quite a while, feeling like I’ve unlocked some great mystery by accident. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, his feelings were all in a ball and twisting crazily in his stomach like those bunches of bait worms in cardboard canisters that Nick sold in his store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I could concentrate on that rather than the feelings inside. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, Ma was right vexed with him. I didn’t have no feelings one way or the ’nother. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The skin under his hand sparks to life, every cell alight with feeling. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The phrases irritated her, reminding her of countless hours spent huddled over her books, feeling as though they were only mocking her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sighed, feeling more sad and tired than anything else. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Meggie, I know I said we would,” said Mo as they stood in the square in front of the war memorial, feeling rather at a loss. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stood there in the dark feeling a rising excitement as their voices played around me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun on his face and the girl’s smooth body touching his own gave him a strong, sleepy, confident feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Indeed,” replied Elizabeth, “I am heartily sorry for him; but he has other feelings, which will probably soon drive away his regard for me. You do not blame me, however, for refusing him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I realized that they could not understand what I was feeling and I kept quiet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yessuh,” I say, feeling my dread erase any relief I had coming to me today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And there’s a part of me that doesn’t want to keep trying: why can’t he just say what he’s feeling like everyone else? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We were caught up easily, Mirren, Johnny, and I—feeling the power he conferred in picturing us at Harvard, the specialness of asking our opinions and laughing at our jokes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was a pleasant feeling of anticipation in the air that day. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had put my feeling in words exactly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wove between the tables, feeling as if she were walking in his footsteps, and stopped at the far end of the room. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Not the sound of her voice, not her words, but the feeling of her singing, the vibrations of her throat against my face. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then after a pause: “It’s just what people say when they’re feeling sorry for themselves. It’s just talk. The guardians never told us anything like that.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are no longer temporary; only our feelings are. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was something else the cap’n wasn’t seeing about Sylvanus neither, and even though the boy was a thief, it had me feeling right sorry and sympathetic for him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ron was very agitated; Madam Pomfrey would not let him go down to watch the match, feeling it would overexcite him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mentally, spiritually, and physically, I was feeling pretty torpid along toward four-thirty in the afternoon, and I only half stood up when M. Yoshoto came over to my desk for an instant. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Ivy tried on dozens of dresses, none of them feeling quite right. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The constable’s feelings were hurt because he was a conscientious man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow they were not at all the same as the feelings that every evening, in every dwelling, every citizen analyzed with endless talk. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The feeling is mutual. I don’t suppose you can forget about it and treat me like I’m not dying.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then I get it and shake my head, feeling so embarrassed for him. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

From walking over it feeling it and listening to it, I think I knew what our cay looked like. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“OK. But what if I don’t call her? Am I going to be hurting her feelings or anything like that?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to tell them all that was in her heart, but how do you express such feelings? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all those feelings I had about going to a new and beautiful place seemed wrong. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was still feeling sort of dizzy or something, and I had a helluva headache all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mom knows or has a feeling or is pretty sure. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

No, I have the feeling it is Addie’s Living, Breathing Symbol of Social Injustice who has placed the whoopee cushion on her chair. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They say the poor boy still hasn't uttered a sound. I don't blame him. I can tell you, it's a horrible feeling suddenly landing in someone else's story.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel sure I made up that feeling with the kiss on the forehead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You can be a little late. Lie down for a while, and I’ll send a note that you weren’t feeling well.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s sleeping—feeling a little better at the moment,” Mama said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It had been a feeling she’d been after, a convivial solidarity; she’d hoped to murmur to one another, as if sitting at the edge of one of their beds. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita whined out an incoherent sound, and I smiled as I walked away with it without feeling even a little bit guilty. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I'll probably work extra hours at the bookstore once school is over. Trust me, I'm not going to be sitting at home with my mom feeling sorry for myself,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You've been knocked out for over two days. How are you feeling?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I know. Now let’s cut out all this fake feeling sorry for yourself and get started on studying. We have one week. I’m the coach, and you’re my athlete. Get ready to sweat!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I keep feeling around like I’m searching for something small. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He began to eat, feeling much better after thinking out what had happened to him last night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure my feelings were akin to those of a new father,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I asked her if she had ever seen a fairy,” Ash said, feeling somewhat embarrassed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally looked out at the weeds, feeling worse with every word David said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Vincent thinks he’s talking about Theo, but he's thinking about himself: for him, painting is the answer to his misery, to his lack of confidence, to his feelings of being at sea in the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I nodded, feeling a strange combination of relief and disappointment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Genie asked, trying to keep the conversation going a little longer, hoping to shake the weird feeling that was creeping into his stomach. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she started giggling and I had the feeling we were thinking the same thing, namely, some people are lonely for all the right reasons. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run back to the bounce house and dive in, feeling lighter than I have in weeks as I jump. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There it is again—that feeling that I'm a little more normal if Max says so. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She asked, “Aren’t my life and my feelings the same thing?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s that feeling of people leaving. It’s scary.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe let some of the suffocating feeling of the room out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But this time I felt excitement, not pain—the same feeling I had as a child when my family and I took the train north from Guadalajara, crossed la frontera, and entered California. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The kids at C Average wouldn’t share their innermost feelings if you held a machete to their throats. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“This is mine!” the emperor said with an anger that would have surprised Pinmei had she been capable of feeling any more shock. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

After breaking down exactly what I had been feeling, it was she who suggested that perhaps what I was experiencing was anxiety manifesting itself as fatigue. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I imagine picking up the record, feeling each groove with my fingertips. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling fine, Ms. Blair,” I say with a smile. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even when you yourself have gotten used to being harassed, there is still nothing worse than the feeling of your family being mortified for you. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are ready companions, and their job is to soothe the lonely feeling of these men for a woman and a homeland. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is rich, a gentleman, and has delightful manners,” began Amy, trying to be quite cool and dignified, but feeling a little ashamed of herself, in spite of the sincerity of her intentions. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, quite slowly, there began to creep over Matilda a most extraordinary and peculiar feeling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you feeling better this morning?” she asked. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The thought of them waking up feeling sad or miserable made me sick to my stomach. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As sight came into both my eyes, a warm feeling filled me — like drinking hot tea on a cold day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling my mouth was open, but I couldn’t close it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Holly placed her palm against the wood, feeling for vibration. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The way I was feeling toward her, I couldn’t even smile at her playful mood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had spent the night imagining what she would do in Lexie’s situation, every time feeling that flash of panic surge through her again from her scalp to the soles of her feet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I said, pushing my braid over my shoulder and feeling self-conscious at the way he was looking at me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It takes me half an hour and I have to stop twice, but I’m practically there and already feeling the thrill of victory. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her bones feeling no heavier than a bird’s. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m crushed between them and I can’t breathe, but it’s a good feeling. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I took stock of my feelings then and there. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And with brave but trembling lips she fled blindly, masking her feeling to save her child. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reverted to his feelings as a guide in answering Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of feeling relieved, I feel forlorn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m feeling more like my mother every day. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It gave me a wonderful feeling when I looked into his dark blue eyes and saw how bashful my unexpected visit had made him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It is better for you, I think, to explore the Stormbreaker on your own. Tonight you will have dinner with Herr Sayle and you will tell him your feeling.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is the best feeling in the world to know that your best friends still love you, no matter what. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I have a bad feeling about this,” Art3mis muttered into her headset. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And mostly I am sorry that I hurt your feelings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don’t learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!!!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the Trask house next to Reynaud’s Bakery, Lee and Adam put up a map of the western front with lines of colored pins snaking down, and this gave them a feeling of participation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling washes over me, and I forget about everything that’s on my mind. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Never,” Hannah agreed, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand and feeling stronger because of the promise. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Both inside and outside have a sour painful feeling. Too tender to even touch!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Janssen's, I was feeling so optimistic. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sounded like his poor little feelings had been hurt. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must have had mixed feelings, there on the ground.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I had a feeling he knew I was watching. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She kissed the girl on her forehead and neck in her restless slumber with two kinds of feeling mixed up in those kisses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I’m done with Clown Street and my mother, but my feeling tells me I am. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I never got used to that feeling—no one ever does—but I did experience it many times, and eventually learned what it was: electric shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather like that Christmas morning sensation of being about to give a present that was bound to cause delight, a joyful feeling of blameless self-love. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All minds except Father’s, that is, who frequently takes the name of Brother Fowles in vain, feeling certain now that all the stones in his path were laid by this deluded purveyor of Christian malpractice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mother stood helplessly, holding her hands out to the plate like she wished she could mend its hurt feelings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had the kind of feeling you have in church, and not a little fear in it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For three years she must have nurtured a feeling for him, kept it hidden, nourished it with fantasy or embellished it in her stories. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have the feeling the president thought the emergency channel was impenetrable, and someone will end up dead tonight because it was breached. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad I’m feeling, I make myself say it, even if I’m not ready to believe it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Soon as I worked up a good feeling on her account, she’d do something ignorant and start in to telling me how to clean and do. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I remember, with a nauseating feeling, the pendant in my pocket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” answered Hazel, trying to look frank and feeling foolish. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All men of talent, whether they be men of feeling or not; whether they be zealots, or aspirants, or despots—provided only they be sincere—have their sublime moments, when they subdue and rule. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, feeling like I have to move. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think it’s nice for stars to do interviews to make us think they are just like us, but to tell you the truth, I get the feeling that it’s all a big lie. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, the tingling remained in my fingertips, like that sticky feeling you can never get rid of after touching honey or syrup. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Singleton was feeling a light buzz, the thrill of closing in on some truth, something that had been elusive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By the time the sandwiches are ready I’m over feeling low. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she released the triggers on the sheaths at her forearms, feeling the grips of her daggers slide into her palms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We sat for a while longer, then I started to get up, except I was still feeling the wobbles in my head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an interesting feeling, to say the very least. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just ’cause I wasn’t hooping and hollering before didn’t mean I wasn’t feeling pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was alone again in my cabin, feeling even lonelier than before. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t start feeling sorry for him,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an old-timer and apparently had thought of a way to assuage his own irritating feelings of loss of control. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your deer are much prettier than our ugly buffaloes,” she said, turning to the prairies for help and feeling glad that she had read one of the boys’ books in which Jo delighted. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does time go by without you seeing it, hearing it, feeling it? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He reached for the sugar shaker now, and I stood there feeling suddenly that the old man before me was not Brother Maceo at all, but someone else disguised to confuse me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He packed Us scanty traps, not understanding what had happened, but feeling that he had escaped calamity by a hairbreadth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s my little sister Mija. She was not feeling well for several days. Nothing the shaman did was working; she was just getting sicker. So I begged my mom to come here.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And it’s exactly the feeling I get when I'm drumming. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By “simple,” the diagnosticians meant that Andrews suffered no delusions, no false perceptions, no hallucinations, but the primary illness of separation of thinking from feeling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I first heard that name, for some reason a cold feeling went down my spine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still remember those unnatural golden eyes staring out of Luke’s face, and the feeling that my limbs were slowly turning to stone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had thought I missed the whole team-spirit feeling, but it actually disgusted me now. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself up, feeling groggy, and went to the closest window. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I had the feeling that Mrs. Lovelace was someone who’d take the time to figure me out. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You feeling good enough to control the winds? I need a lift.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My brain was feeling fuzzy a little bit, like when I tried to figure out Wei’s tip for Chinese food. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple groaned and clutched her head, feeling like that ancient pressure cooker Mamma still used when she made idli cakes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She could’ve done with a Cheering Charm on her too,” said Ron as the class left for lunch, all grinning broadly — the Cheering Charms had left them with a feeling of great contentment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The feelings of something pressing down on me had faded to a lurking presence. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My first time feeling cool air pressing against my face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I can give you a ride home if you're not feeling well. My car is right outside.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then I gazed up at the starry sky and had a feeling I hadn’t had in a long time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

New feelings of excitement and pride and belonging. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I held them up to my ears and checked myself in the mirror on the counter, all the while feeling the clerk still keeping an eye on me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was still sitting in the garage, at one with my lawn mower, feeling a little overwhelmed...okay, a lot overwhelmed...okay, completely terrified and panicked, when I heard a racket in the driveway. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find Aliya in the hall, arranging guest shoes in neat rows, and ask her to tell Fizz that I’m sorry, but I had to leave because of not feeling well. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then, three weeks after starting X-ray therapy, she began burning inside, and her urine came out feeling like broken glass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Your mother and I kind of figured that this trip might stir up some feelings for you, Maisie. Which is why we got you something.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was putting on an old nightgown, a hint that I was not feeling amorous. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mother says the Cotswold cottage we live in needs lots of restoration, and now that I am feeling better, it’s time she began making it livable. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But it was so hard to concentrate on feeling better. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reggie was feeling high a month into his mission when it came time for his first missionary conference. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jam went up to the studio, feeling close to bursting into tears. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It’s that New York feeling, like they talk about in musicals—that wide-open, top-volume, Technicolor joy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He’s been smirking and avoiding feelings for as long as I’ve known him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I felt alone and small, but in a way that was curiously like feeling exalted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is a heady feeling, having power over someone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"We were walking down the road,” James began, "feeling pretty good.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan looked at the soldiers, feeling miserable and bitter. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I cup them, running my thumbs over them and feeling her nipples contract under the cotton of her dress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If I squint my eyes, everything looks sort of bright and hazy, and I can almost catch the feeling I remember. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And an angry feeling rose in her and stopped around her heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no other feeling like it that you can feel from being on a championship team and playin’ with a group of guys like you’ve played with. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few weeks and later months and years, I continued to play, but never with that same feeling of supreme confidence. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick would take my hand, and for a moment I would be there with him, feeling the surprise of his skin on mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But he hadn't been thinking of doing so at all, and began to get a most uncomfortable prickly feeling in his spine. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She found the words, feeling for them like foreign objects in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This hurt Thomas’s feelings, but he left anyway, really wanting to talk to Newt about something else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Not only did her love for the iron plate and Sam keep her from going to Chup, but so did a new feeling deep inside her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a feeling that I don’t think will ever go away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I let go his collar, feeling completely helpless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she felt her usual size again, and the feeling of easy improvisation was gone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, even though I was late to class, I was feeling bold. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to wake myself but I couldn’t, which is the worst feeling when you’re in the middle of a bad dream. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tab’s mom said that when people reached out to hurt your feelings, it was because they secretly felt they deserved to be talked to that way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She sat feeling her sister’s words burrow into her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole school was there, practically. Are you feeling okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I chew and swallow, chew and swallow, feeling the sweat come out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and reached back, hand feeling through the air for the faucet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He then rose and, lifting his glass, he said with feeling, “Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you get out feeling like an astronaut coming down from space, a little lighter than you were. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since my dream, the night before, I had had a feeling that something big would happen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her that if I ever saw an angel, then I would believe,” I said, feeling foolish, ashamed, hating and pitying my believing granny. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feelings became divided; in spite of myself I would dream of a locked cupboard in a near-by neighbor’s house where a gun was kept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it really simple and say the thing that I’ve been feeling ever since I first saw my face on that bulletin board: Is this for real? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“My dear Xan,” Glerk said, feeling a rumble deep in his chest, which he hoped sounded imposing and dramatic, and not like someone who was simply coming down with a cold. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What if there’s someone else, maybe playing floor hockey right now, feeling what I’d felt? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling their banter is for my benefit, so that I don’t have to say Anything; I can just laugh. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the same light-headed feeling he felt then, dizzy from rolling down the hill. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He longs for her as his parents have longed, all these years, for the people they love in India—for the first time in his life, he knows this feeling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned away, feeling myself being drawn to the old couple by a warm, dark, rising whirpool of emotion which I feared. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I lie here waiting, the moment passes during which I am myself in myself, and again I lose all feeling of body or sensation. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In some places on the robe there was a feeling of entire worlds ending. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barry always got a soft feeling in his heart, like the purring of a little cat, when he looked at his sister. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Joe’s eyes and his brain were so blurry he could barely see, let alone think, but he was feeling a lot of things. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interconnectedness was not just a feeling and philosophy for Farmer, but something he acted on, in Haiti for sure, but everywhere else, too. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” Wash said, feeling a bit of heat come into his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to feeling sad for folks who have stuff. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I just know she’s feeling the exact way I am. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She had come to the party filled with a strange feeling of anxious exultation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stared at her a long moment, and for the first time I think she understood the feelings Lily had for Nathan. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was a good feeling, this warmth, and it made the rock soft like the coat of a baby llama. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I’m just sorry I haven’t found anyone with whom to share my thoughts and feelings, and I’m not likely to in the near future. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They were fifteen years old and they had known so long that they were sons of a wealthy man that the feeling was hard to lose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t. What is it?” asked Mrs. Frisby, feeling slightly annoyed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling this is one of those stories she’s going to be telling forever, the kind that gets bigger and crazier the more time goes on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had already begun to sense that my feelings varied too far from those of the people around me for me to blab about what I felt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor shook her head at them, feeling her lovely heavy hair around her face. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had felt that feeling before, and they knew in their hearts they would feel it today in the gray drizzle of Memorial Stadium. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’m doing something that I never did before in my life and all of a sudden I have the feeling that I did that same thing before—maybe in another life....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But beneath them all was a feeling she would not lose for a long while after—a deep and profound sadness that the best thing about Daffodil Manor was a dead woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She is feeling her way through something foreign. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She takes the beaver by the tail, feeling its weight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Immie’s suit, she dove under the waves and came up feeling miraculously happy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot to do, so stop feeling sorry for yourself, drink some water, and start writing,” Clara told her granddaughter before disappearing the same way she had come. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the question is, was it just some ordinary thief, or was it someone that had some special reason? I don’t like it. I got a bad feeling about the whole thing.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brer Fox stared at me as I tried to shake off the feeling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“My feelings be like wanting me to react,” the young man said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It sent her back to her life feeling a little different, at least for a few minutes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at every competition as an opportunity for the unmatched feeling of exhilaration when I scored the perfect touch. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That’s what people say when invisible feelings vibrate in the air, like ions do just before an electric storm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I had learned that I was to leave, my feelings had recoiled so sharply and quickly from the home that the children simply did not exist for me any more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand the feelings gathering in my chest. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I moved, feeling something slip and was halfway down the next flight before realizing that my brief case was gone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how are you feeling today? Putting your troubles behind you, I hope?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Longridge started the car and waved to them out of the window as he drove slowly down the drive, feeling rather foolish as he did so. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a letter to his brother he put down his feeling about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my head back in, feeling a little foolish. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a different feeling from my boy crushes—it felt more like an awakening. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And all the rest of the time she was growing up, she’d get these strong feelings whether or not to do something, feelings that told her which way to go. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then the whole feeling dissolved and we went to find our books. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t make things any worse, and it might possibly dull the feeling that I was watching myself through eyes that didn’t understand what I was doing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know this for sure, because I always left him feeling good. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already pulled out our collecting pails,” she says, and that feeling in my stomach melts away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My hands numb, I press it closed behind me, and shake them to regain feeling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Sister wants me to speak honestly, to let my feelings out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Watching her, feeling the exhilaration swelling in my chest, I couldn’t say I was all that aware of the broken glass and flickering monitor displays, either. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It is, rather, a blessedly circumscribed imagination and an intuitive feeling that Life is Now. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a glass, wrote Daft Donald, but Tam Lin came up to me and said, “Don’t drink it, laddie. I’ve got a strange feeling about this wine. ’’And so I didn’t. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never felt this helpless, and it’s an awful, awful feeling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She saw, as if from a distance, that her feelings were changing whether she wanted them to or not. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The feeling that she did not know what to expect, or when to expect it, made Dicey jumpy. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been a feeling more than a rational thing, but it’s true. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mr. Otto left, I got a funny feeling. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The others turn and look at me, and in that split second before I explain, this amazing feeling comes over me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

There had been hope and expectation, perhaps some anxiety, before each birth; they were natural feelings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bites his lip, his voice so full of feeling, he’s having trouble speaking. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I’m not feeling well,” the princess said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I asked, feeling the boiling anger rising up in me again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If babies had that switch, we wouldn’t know what they were feeling. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was the way she said it that started me feeling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, if only my arm was feeling a bit better!” he sighed as the gale outside pounded the windows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not only were Molly’s feelings now evident, but Oppenheimer s relentless campaigning against Harvard also had found its mark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And then I thought how stupid I was for feeling like that because I wouldn’t feel weird about putting an arm around Seanie or Kevin or any other guy friend of mine who was hurting. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was only in school three days this week, and I’m already feeling anxious about going back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You and the director can work out the blocking and stunts. We’ll shoot the train-hopping scene on Saturday. I have a feeling America is going to love our new Duke even more than I do.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s not like you’d actually do any of those things, but the feeling is there, like a wind at your back on the edge of a cliff, gently urging you. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I think it was the expression on her face that gave me my first feeling of unrest. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I was feeling bored. It’s a warm afternoon, so I came out.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t like the feeling in my stomach. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He assumes she’s feeling the same way, and one day speaks his heart to her. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mama was so upset about Minerva being in solitary, I decided not to bring up the way I’ve been feeling and worry her even more. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Nok stood between her parents, holding the trophy, feeling both drained and giddy, while her father's colleagues came up to congratulate them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” he screamed, feeling more of the rock scrape against his bare skin. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That he would trade them without even thinking of alternatives— without feeling like he needed to bother to save them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And 1 think that feeling of fear never left me, that I would be caught someday, exposed as a sham of a woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was feeling pretty cocky, because her words didn’t faze me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the music of the bar mitzvah party, feeling the weight of what had happened in the synagogue, I saw again the glittering stream, with its light rushing toward me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was mired in a feeling that was heavy and sick. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do or say, I ducked behind the oak tree, feeling for the first time like Granny had been betrayed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Now that you are an assistant professor, I didn’t think you would,” said Theresa, feeling among the shoes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That s all, he said. “Can you describe the strongest feeling in your dream, son?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” said Haley, blindly feeling her way forward and bumping into something hard and lumpy. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When stung, patients report a feeling of impending doom; some patients are so certain that death is imminent they beg physicians to kill them so they can “get it over with.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He checked the feeling in my toes, had me breathe, had me follow his fingers with my left eye, then my right eye. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hanako had the feeling that she was in a book, that she had stepped off the path of real life. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She and 426 perched nearby, looking at it and feeling new interest in the bridge and the river valley. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’m feeling a little more comfortable, knowing this is all part of what happens next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Whenever you’re ready to start,” I said, feeling my face beginning to get warm. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Moss shuddered and remembered: the feeling of Javier lying on his chest, on the couch, in his arms, a body somehow cooler than his own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I climb onto the stage and settle onto the piano bench, feeling instantly relaxed as my fingers rest on the keys. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He thought of Lola and how she always seemed to know what he was feeling. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And now he was feeling too sick to play with me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he reached the area near the door and started climbing over the broken tables and chairs, he was feeling more confident. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She becomes quite adept at manipulating fabric, altering her gowns as expertly as a master tailor to accommodate the weight she has regained, her body feeling like her own again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She said I was trying to hurt her feelings and she hated me and we weren’t friends any more. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Now, feeling very pleased with himself, Booth pops into Taltavul’s for a whiskey. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” he said, indicating for me to follow him into his office, and I did, feeling sick, dizzy all the way. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time that tiny voice in my brain would tell me to pay attention to the squirming, faintly nauseated feeling in my stomach. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not feeling well this morning. I’m sorry I said it.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need that feeling so badly right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Madam hurried to the library and told me to fetch her ivory fan from her bedchamber for she was feeling faint from heat and excitement. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a lot of tactful correspondence before Kepler was able to soothe Tycho’s offended feelings and restore friendly relations with the great astronomer. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Kendra eased over to the table, a queasy feeling in her stomach. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was one last feeling of being lifted into the air and a sensation of rapid motion and burning heat, and he passed out. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Falcons watched us from the trees, their eyes flashing in the firelight, and I got the feeling they were on guard duty, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He tried to imagine feeling any color but muted gray. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He held her tight, pressing her to his chest, feeling the wild beat of her heart against his ribs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the grisly trip was ended, Johnny took Tilly home, feeling that his was the responsibility of explaining. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had such a good feeling that she’d decided that this year we were going to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, instead of a week later. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, under Brezhnev, the feeling was not merely of no progress but of retrogression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The prickly feeling traveled all the way up to my neck and then went skipping down my spine. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I felt like crying and screaming all at the same time, but I didn’t want to give in to the feeling. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“For the record,” he said, “I save my prayers for after work. That’s when I’m feeling contrite. Why not work on our guilt and shame together? What do you say, sweetheart?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the night Lily did' my makeup, this is the only other time I can ever remember actually feeling like I had a real sister instead of a stranger living in the next bedroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At first I was scared and then a wonderful feeling came over me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us want to sit inside when the late autumn is calling to us and frogs are finally feeling brave enough to hop across our yard. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe writing to him will actually help you figure out your own feelings. And maybe he is talking to you through sharks. Who am I to tell you you’re wrong?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Guilt and feelings of inadequacy could consume him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Because I’d known how going to see Mamá would turn out, I left Mr. Gee’s without feeling one bit of remorse over not telling her what was going on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In retrospect, Franklin’s final gesture at leadership served to solidify his historic reputation as a man who possessed in his bones a feeling for the future. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He liked the feeling of holding down a corner with his boys. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ivy wished her feelings about June were easy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lay still, feeling rid of that hunger and tenseness and hearing the wail of the night wind over and above his and her breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter said to me, “Wish you could be here with me when I pull out this calf. I got a good feeling.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The verses were in Spanish, and I had a feeling I was going to end this reading session with a headache. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Holding on to the crutches, I lower myself down, feeling everyone’s eyes on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"So, how goes it? Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed by the schoolwork?" The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wanted to blame it all on the Gator mascot, but knew I needed more than that, and more than just a gut feeling that the place was all wrong for me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I am quiet until the stiff, squeezed feeling leaves me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tiny, cold, featherlike feelings peppered his body and face. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen Annabeth, and I had a feeling he had too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I love my neighborhood of North River Heights, which is why it was so strange to be walking down these blocks feeling like it was all new to me suddenly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They ate it on the tower steps, giggling and gossiping and sharing secrets, and Sansa went to bed that night feeling almost as wicked as Arya. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take away the recess feeling in my stomach. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Godalming smiled, and the man lifted a good-sized bunch of keys; selecting one of them, he began to probe the lock, as if feeling his way with it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my feelings for Momma didn’t work like a light switch; they were all tangled, one on top of the other. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled her to my hip, feeling her wiry, warm body against mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Thanks to spell check, now I feel like there are no limits or boundaries enclosing my ideas and feelings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have the feeling that it lasts an hour. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see? You’re very excited over nothing. Don’t take all your guilt feelings out on me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I always have the feeling that she's thinking about me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why am I in my feelings so much? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was well composed, given the subject of our conversation, and for most of the visit I struggled to separate how she actually felt from what I felt she must be feeling. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But that feeling of terror he’d experienced in those last moments in the subtrans tunnel wouldn’t leave, lingering like the smoke from an extinguished fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I glanced up at the clock and realized I only had thirty more minutes before my first bout, and I was sitting on the ground feeling like a sloth. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let your feelings make you too ambitious on this one, Kate. If you overdo the dose, you might hurt somebody.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re not feeling well, lay your tools aside and lie down. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the words would not come; there was room in me only for feeling, very deep, very tender, for this man who felt for me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, she would turn and leave me before I was through, shutting off my torrent, so that my feelings, thus dammed, raged on in my chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tingling feeling that radiates outward from a point below my stomach—wrenching and wonderful and almost unbearable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Luna woke her up, feeling tears stinging in her eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Though he had phrased his words as a request, Kaede had a feeling that they would not be able to open that door until he let them out. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know how, didn’t remember the feeling of linens and soft things. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a sinking feeling that had little to do with Quidditch, he cornered Dean 'Thomas after Transfiguration one day. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much drowning in the earth or the sea, but the feeling that he was sinking into too many expectations, literally getting in over his head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But still the unease is there, that nagging feeling. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow she had a feeling that love had found her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I seem to be indifferent to Mother’s tears and Father’s glances, and I am, because both of them are now feeling what I’ve always felt. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s also easier to whisper your feelings than to shout them from the rooftops. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I have this vulnerable feeling, like if I stand outside too long, something’s going to gobble me up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But often he was gone from home, and Johnny knew he was ‘feeling about’ for those fifteen to twenty boys he had promised. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll do whatever I have to do to keep feeling equal all the time. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the sudden breeze wondering what could possibly have done that kind of damage, and began to get the feeling that something terrible had happened here. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That I understood such a feeling was just paranoia. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers over one of the portraits, feeling the lumpy paint beneath my fingertips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He’s got Noise pouring outta him like a bright parade, all full of unwelcome welcome and pushy good feeling. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She found him out and knew him, and once she had learned she screamed, she writhed, she cried, she begged, and she had the satisfaction of feeling the blows instantly become lighter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her old feeling for him had returned; she was determined to put an end to his sufferings and bring him home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We try to be pretty honest about our feelings in Candor. Plenty of people have told me that they don’t like me. And plenty of people haven’t. Who cares?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t feel my body any more. I’m numb. I have the feeling that Charlie is close by. My eyes are open—I’m sure of that—are they?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I had a feeling I knew what soul he wanted to exchange—someone who had cheated death. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When someone slipped and said “the word,” a dark, evil cloud seemed to settle over the room, and everyone started feeling uncomfortable. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried now, my feet feeling trim and light as I moved through the oncoming rush of sunbeaten faces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam experts, though, don’t have the same problem when it comes to explaining their feelings about jam. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You. You tell Stevie you’re sorry if you said anything that hurt his feelings. I’m sure he just wants to be your friend.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, please. You and Isaac are perfect for each other and just need to admit your feelings. James Bradford and I? We barely know each other.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I started feeling cranky and irritable most of the time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling my uncle had already told him about Momly. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She jumped from her tree and ran, faster and faster, all the while feeling the witch's breath like a cold wind on the back of her neck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He watched the red stain spread, feeling light-headed, curiously apart; there had been no pain, not even a hint of feeling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He gave them a tour of Room H, feeling exceptionally nervous. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safe from my confused feelings about the Obscure Object; and safe, too, from the bits of conversation I’d been overhearing from my parents’ bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You brought a new feeling into my crystal shop. But you know that I’m not going to go to Mecca. Just as you know that you’re not going to buy your sheep.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really, I think it was a whole stew of things that had me feeling roughed up that day—stuff from home, stuff from school. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Certainly, sugah. Two Marines asked me to marry them before your father. Those were good days for me. I was looking and feeling good. Your mama was a dancing, finger-snapping, riding-in-fast-cars girl, you better believe.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just told him to go outside and enjoy the day,” Ophie said, feeling a little defensive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Taran cried with all the more anger at feeling himself powerless. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

So of course, Golly starts really feeling it and swaying, and next thing I know, I’m swaying and getting hyped, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I am not suggesting that a man become a robot and rid himself of all personal feelings and motivations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bad on top of the bad I was already feeling over everything else going on at home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Harry asked, disregarding a strong feeling that he might be pushing his luck, a feeling apparently shared by Phineas Nigellus, who hissed softly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone was feeling happy as they were making good time that day. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I have a feeling that we will find our families, or at least news of them.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He will wade in a tide pool up to the chest without feeling damp, but a drop of rain water on his head makes him panicky. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brace myself for the feeling of a blade against my skin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With a feeling of surrender, and anticipation, and apprehension, she crossed the small distance to his brow, settled on his warm skin, and entered his world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I get that feeling people talk about, right before they get mugged. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was this feeling that everything I was going to say was either too loud or too strange for a world in which people did normal things. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back toward the honey house, feeling ashamed that August had seen through my hoax but relieved, too, that she wasn’t planning on calling the police or sending me back—yet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I can, I’ve got to keep putting down my thoughts and feelings. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer forged ahead and I followed, suddenly feeling my heart in my mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I wish I could say that love, ambition, jealousy, the quest for adventure, or any of the more romantic feelings were back of these two murders. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lodgers seemed to push forward, eager to feel more warmth, and then pull back, afraid of feeling too much. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t see how he could — yet he sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But a vague hunger would come over me for books, books that opened up new avenues of feeling and seeing, and again I would forge another note to the white librarian. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feelings and choices didn’t require constant explanations. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He looks sad, or angry, or some other feeling he’s trying very hard to hold in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t understand that I sometimes need to vent my feelings for Mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mark’s bad feelings about it all have escalated exponentially upon the news. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was the most incredible feeling in the world. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I admire the activity of your benevolence,” observed Mary, “but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good joke!” — and for a moment he was laughing, his heart full of family feeling, that tremendous, elemental solidarity. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer has completely messed up the nonexistent feeling I was going for. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Having crawled through a bramble bush for the prickly poppy, I was feeling a bit prickly myself just then. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, I will. Come Amy.” and Jo brought the visit to an end, feeling more strongly than ever that calls did have a bad effect upon her constitution. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling he was preparing himself for some gigantic effort, one that would completely drain what little strength he had left. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was the strangest thing to hold such different feelings inside myself at once. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Despite feeling desperate to reach out, Reggie had been instructed by his lawyer that doing so could be an admission of guilt. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The shivery feeling came back, stronger than before. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling we were all back together again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling that cheering her up might be a lot of work. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over my smooth legs, brushed my hands on my soft cheeks, feeling as brand-new as a freshly laid egg. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate on a path between tall cane, feeling small as crickets. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even beyond the physical attraction, could it not be remotely possible that I have actual feelings for her? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I missed them so much, and my hysterical lost feeling was even stronger than six years ago when I’d had to say good-bye to my mom and my home. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be feeling better,” he observed, without a question mark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it is the toddy that makes the feeling.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the table that night feeling practically invisible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second is the feeling that something heavy and painful in the pit of my stomach is making me want to vomit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone watching might have thought he was being unenthusiastic, but I knew what he was feeling. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have the hardest time trying to maintain a normal facade when I’m feeling so wretched and sad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For decades those feelings were held in check by a common enemy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I guess I felt good about that, but that restless feeling that I had along the river came back strong in a week or two. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Dad was joking, but something in the sound of his voice told me his feelings were hurt. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was also feeling the tiniest bit overwhelmed. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had the feeling that talking to a blind person was like talking to someone whom he himself could scarcely see. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember feeling like I was going to cry. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

To be aware of other feelings inside besides guilt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And of course because this saying-what-I-really-feel thing is still new, the moment I part my lips to take a breath, all the feelings come spewing out like water from an uncapped fire hydrant. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I ended up pretending I wasn’t feeling well, just so my mother would stay at home and monitor my health with me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood up, feeling curiously defenseless with the darkness pressing in. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As for Yoren, whatever his feelings might have been, the black brothers were sworn to take no part in the quarrels of the realm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nothing to do with the little that was left of the day but to visit the kind white friends who had realized her feelings and thank them. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Citra would never willingly accept the scythe’s ring as long as her feelings for him got in the way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He stopped feeling pain; he felt only rage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor guessed he was trying to give the bats some feeling of protection. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No one, yet,” said Harry, feeling himself going red again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I did, going all the way back to the marsh, all the way up to how I’d been feeling and the voice I’d heard tonight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped in the middle of this hurrying day to remember him like that, and then, feeling refreshed, I went on to the Crew House beside the tidewater river below the dam. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry avoided his yellowish eyes as they scanned the Hall; Harry had the uncomfortable feeling that Scrimgeour was looking for him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sick feeling, which she had tried to prevent by holding in her stomach, came quickly in spite of her precaution. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip was not hard, but his icy look hid from me any tender feelings he might have harbored. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In Spanish, he expressed ideas and feelings he rarely revealed in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That warm-in-the-heart feeling I hadn’t known since we left the farm and I had to say good-bye to Benny Saddler who lived down the road. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed me on the cheek to say thank you, and I believe that I felt something quite like the feeling one gets when he drives over a steep hill on a country road. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For you at least I am grieved, feeling for your shame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Every time Mrs. Richardson looked at Izzy, that feeling of things spiraling out of control coiled around her again, like a muscle she didn’t know how to unclench. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s Anna—the sight of her and the feeling I got when I saw her walking away like that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't feeling too marvelous, to tell you the truth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s such a horrible feeling to know that you go to school with people who hate you for something you can’t ever change. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I also hate people to ask cheerfully how you are when they know you're feeling like hell and expect you to say "Fine." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wake up feeling different, like something inside me is changing, something chemical and irreversible. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never liked feeling either very hot or very cold, and she hated feeling both at the same time. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I want to hold on to this feeling for as long as I possibly can.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Em sorry to interrupt. How are you feeling? Would you like me to call down to the cafeteria and see if they’ve put the Jell-O out yet?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They make feelings rise and clatter and wreck, and sometimes that’s dangerous. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She realized he must be feeling terrible shame— shame that he could not rescue himself, or Amari, or change any of what was happening to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean all the emotions one might be feeling if tilings were different?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he stood in the rain, Joe’s feelings began to shift—moving around like notes on a musical staff, bits and pieces of new themes starting to fall into place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I'm out, dashing off the bus, dashing through the terminal, frankly feeling just plain dashing. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The funeral did what funerals are supposed to do: it gave us no time to dwell on our feelings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They would touch their bodies, feeling shame, then quickly hiding it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since when have you been good? Are you feeling guilty or something?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bigger stopped listening, feeling fear for the first time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked back at his captors, feeling awkward but desperate to ask questions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ever since I was small I loved feeling somebody comb my hair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What’s the point of this place, other than for you to get off on how great you are and toy with people and their feelings? I know what you did to Ruby.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No one else said a word, most of them staring at Chuck’s body without expression, as if they’d moved far beyond feeling. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he saw me and scowled, and I stopped feeling sorry for him, even if his mom didn’t seem very nice. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But when you have those feelings, you must BEWARE. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the feelings of uncertainty about doing the show disappeared, like someone had taken an eraser to writing on a chalkboard. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As I run my fingers over the smooth keys, a warm, comforting feeling settles over my shoulders and moves down my arms. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His feelings clamored for an answer his mind could not give. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Jinny woke up each morning after that, it was with a strange dark feeling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn't sleepy or anything, but I was feeling sort of lousy. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to keep aholt of all the feelings that kept passing over me in waves. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But I was determined to remain aloof until I knew his feelings for me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Turner was starting to sweat and feeling sort of weak. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Years later Mrs. Huxley wrote to Etty, “Towards your mother I always had a sort of nestling feeling. More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it, she supposed it was all those years of people attempting to claim her, choose her, of feeling an invisible net cast around her, that had led her to this proposal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Pegasi don’t like me, and the feeling is mutual. But there’s no need for flying.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, I knew the Hulls would feel bad—especially David—but I didn’t have room for anyone’s feelings but my own. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the dream receded—the feeling of paralysis, the suffocating closeness of it—her body relaxed, and her mom came closer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was not at all sober and feeling sleepy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had come to realize that I didn’t have any feelings towards the AT that weren’t confused and contradictory. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

To Julius, who had a genuine feeling for animals, it seemed a pity in a way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Several fellow professors, however, watched this performance with mixed feelings. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Even the constant feeling of terror becomes boring. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I know that having your heart hurt isn’t just a feeling you have in your body. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is a key chain,” she said, feeling the boy’s eyes look up at her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I got the distinct feeling that when he said “a lot,” what he meant was “something brand-new.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away, leaving Harry feeling worse by far than he had at any point in Snape’s office. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling that she wished me away: that she did not understand me or my circumstances; that she was prejudiced against me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nailer paused in the climb, rotating his shoulder carefully, feeling the sear of his wound across his back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Rontu,” I said, feeling giddy with happiness, “if you were not a male dog I would make you one too, as beautiful as this.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of got the feeling that I got the jobs that nobody else wanted to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clay had long since lost any feeling of roughness, but somehow he knew. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Entering Stamps, I had the feeling that I was stepping over the border lines of the map and would fall, without fear, right off the end of the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that,” I said, suddenly feeling panicked. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I observed the crowd gathered around my crates, wanting to overhear their comments but feeling a deeper need to keep tabs on my mother. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hated the feeling inside of losing hope. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence at the thought of that, feeling suddenly peaceful and happy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a wonderful feeling to pick something up, hold it for a moment, feel its contour, run her hand over its surface and then replace it carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to recognize that this had happened to me, but that feeling I’d once had of possibility, of endless possibility stretching out in front of me was gone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I groan before I can help myself, feeling as if a great chunk of stone has been driven into my skull. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the time we left, I was feeling pretty good. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That feeling seemed to expand, spreading over me every time I stepped back to look over my work. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

As he knelt to look at him, I had a hopeless feeling in the pit of my stomach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she ever, while the Obscure Object passed in the hall, think that what she was feeling was wrong? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood in some degree a home to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the rainy days when Mother wasn't feeling quite bad enough to stay away from the windows we used to play under it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling our old competitiveness despite myself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The words “Terrorists” and “Go Home!” kept flashing through my mind, and a flood of feelings—fear, anxiety, anger—clouded my thoughts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go to the police. I get the feeling my wife is being held against her will.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I rock in the dark hollow of the landing, feeling like I am back in the silent vacuum where my voice is never heard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was a comfortable, pashmina shawl that was normally very easy to wear, but I fumbled in the moment, feeling flustered, and somehow ended up shoving it onto my head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself painfully onto the round bed, suddenly feeling very tired. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Sister,” I say, feeling as if I am calling from far away. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never,” said Michael sadly, feeling how dull it was to be down on the earth again with no Laughing Gas inside him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I sat gripping my brief case, my eyes closed, feeling the bus sailing swift beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he picks up the reins he cannot help noticing that his horse is also black, naked and shiny wet, and his feelings about the horse are of security and affection. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a steady, determined voice, he’d answered, “I’m trying to get that feeling.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m crying and feeling the warm glow of satisfaction from a happy ending. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"No, I want this now, Camellia. Before my party. I have a feeling my parents are going to introduce me to suitors tonight. Everyone's gossiping about it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had a feeling it was true. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And, he realized, if Phil Resch had proved out android, I could have killed him without feeling anything, anyhow after Luba’s death. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had a horrible feeling this might be the last time Reyna and she ever acted in agreement, but together they ran down the hill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But more than anything I remember the feeling that I had done something wrong, that this was my fault. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A feeling that touched his eyes and made him blink. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke on this birthday morning with the feeling that there was menace in the air around him—that something irrevocable had occurred in him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she does, she gets the most peaceful feeling, as if there’s a cool and reassuring hand on her forehead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stood beside the house for a moment feeling frightened and lonely. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his anger had evaporated, but whatever he was feeling now was stronger than before, stronger than pain or frustration or fury. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, and there it was: the feeling of Papa’s hand on his shoulder. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

As for my own feelings about God, they continue to evolve. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I seemed to be the only one who left feeling disappointed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“What?” asked Selena, who was busy feeling the floor of the cab with her hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I really do love Pa and Ma, but it’s a very different feeling from what I feel for you or Mauve.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z