How To Use Felt In A Sentence

Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in The Black Bar
I really felt like both of us were gonna be excited for the other one if we won and that meant a lot.

It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
Those tiny little felt guys that I made for Amelia just before she was born have been loved a little and have ended up filthy and terribly pilled.
In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck
He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
I felt we could do better and more anaerobic workouts at sea level.
It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
I felt a bit like a torpefied Superman a lot of times - Ireland is my Cryptonite, when I'm there I can't do anything, I have to be outside the country.
I felt a bit claustrophobic in the tiny room.
Venuti advocates that translators create a discursive heterogeneity by using non-dominant English forms to make the foreignness of the source texts felt and render the translations visible.
Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
People were simply showing their deep respect, their real admiration and their love for one they felt had touched their lives.
The overall seaminess of that enterprise is so underreported that just last week, one of the Post's own reporters felt like they had to obtain a quote in order to get the dictionary definition of "lobbyist" into their story. Peter Orszag's Move From The White House To Citigroup Should Definitely Trouble You
I wouldn't have felt properly married if it hadn't been a church wedding.
Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.
Cooper felt herself instinctively bristle at Sasha's use of the nickname she hated. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 6: RING OF LIGHT
‘There were many times when I felt faint at matches because of menstrual cramps,’ Susan says.
Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_. Working Murder
I felt something akin to the tender hatred one can sense when staring hard at a photograph of oneself.
She felt it pause in her belly and then shoot out from her chest and from the top of her head.
After that I felt that we, the workers, needed unity and I have been attempting to unionise the place.
he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats
He did not look up, but he felt, he just _felt_, all the eyes of all the little meadow people and forest folk burning right into him. Mother West Wind's Children
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
Since Kashmir was (and is) a Muslim majority territory, Pakistan felt justified in seeing Pushtun warlords charge in from the north-west of Pakistan, late in 1947, to seize control of Kashmir.
Animals are humanized, that is, the kinship between animal and human life is still keenly felt, and this reminds us of those early animistic interpretations of nature which subsequently led to doctrines of metempsychosis. The Art of the Story-Teller
Dr. Kristina Durante of The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues found that young women felt more attractive when they had high levels of an estrogen known as estradiol, and they acted on those feelings. Whoar.co.nz
There is also a strongly felt obligation to succeed, seen in an emphasis on the importance of formal education. Sociology
Windsor and colleagues have referred to these as service demands or wants or as perceived or felt needs. An Introduction to Community Health
Punters and racegoers have felt only a sense of deprivation through the snow and ice of recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times
His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers.
The panic I felt was the risk of fact obliteration, or an inversion of truths, all the truths I had known. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
I loved her so much but I always felt it was a one-way relationship so I proposed, she of course said yes.
We felt quite at ease as the naturist section was a good distance from the main 'textile' beach and as a result there were very few passers by.
Strange emotions welled up inside her until she felt like she was going to explode from the pressure C7: Chapter Five – Lost on Earth « Write Anything
I thought about felting it, but I was not sure - your thoughts?
She felt a burden lifting off her shoulders and smiled at the carefree feeling that permeated her senses.
Then, the phrase had struck Vincent as doting and naive, but sometime during his stay in Toulio, as his grasp of the Chinese language deepened, and as he learned—or was forced to learn—from his mistakes, he had felt the title gain merit and accuracy. Heaven Lake
Painter and decorator Geoffrey Jenks was so shocked when he failed a roadside breath test, he felt his Cokes must have been spiked, Kennet magistrates in Devizes heard on Tuesday.
She felt chained to the kitchen sink.
I tried on clothes that actually fit me and felt comfortable instead of living in denial and trying on clothing that depressed me when I couldn't get the pants above my thighs.
A guttural sound broke from his chest when he felt her sheathe tugging him deeper, its slick clench undeniable. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
Some of their work, he felt, was terrific, and they should be able to display and develop their talent.
Fourth, the strange reluctance he felt about abandoning Downes as Suspect Number One.
Delvile, by which her own goodness proved the source of her defamation: and though something still hung upon her mind that destroyed that firm confidence she had hitherto felt in the friendship of Mr Monckton, she held it utterly unjust to condemn him without proof, which she was not more unable to procure, than to satisfy herself with any reason why so perfidiously he should calumniate her. Cecilia
As soon as the horses had obtained some food and repose, Sir Philip also returned, and Emily was left, with a woman who felt at her heart that she could have poniarded her not an hour before. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
Ten minutes later while I was conversing with my client, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
'' Then I got about 30 swings with the regular bat and it felt pretty much the same as swinging the fungo, which is obviously a good sign. '', who had surgery to repair a tendon in his right middle finger Aug. 14, visited his doctor in Arizona on Thursday and remains on schedule to return by late September. Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS
His throat burned for oxygen and he felt his ribs compressing, compacting, and ready to break.
For a long time, corporate executives felt that the Internet was only an academic toy for bored graduate students.
We are just a lone group of evangelists trying to restore faith and heartfelt belief in the world
Whatever the cause, I felt dizzy, and without any bearings or footholds.
I quit talking as his hands began to knead my tired, knotted muscles and one by one, I felt them all begin to slacken.
It felt like a gilded cage. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
White cap set her up long hair and half of his face is obscured, but felt she must be very beautiful, breathtaking beauty!
He first felt discomfort back in June and the problem was diagnosed as a stress fracture. The Sun
Strolling vendors sold felt hats, plastic balls, ice cream and candyfloss.
I don't really understand why the judges felt like it needed to be laced with conceptuality," Mitchell, 32, said. Work of Art's Dusty on Why Jerry Was Wrong and Having His Own Short Shorts
She felt nervous at having to sing before such a large audience.
After an hour on the train I felt more like a large scotch. Times, Sunday Times
When I sat up again, I felt a pleasant glow spreading from my shoulder down to my elbow, and I found that the arm had complete freedom of movement again with almost no pain.
I felt that weird shifting movement and a feathery light object grazed my bare skin.
She said: 'I felt very safe in my little bubble of motherhood and domesticity. The Sun
He pressed his palm against Rob's chest, felt his heart beating slowly beneath the smooth, tanned skin and taut muscles.
Not classy but certainly felt chirpier the next morning. Times, Sunday Times
I was fed up of having to avoid certain foods and when I finished the chicken I felt guilty.
Several years ago a purchased plant threw out some seeds and we had one or two of this striking biennial with their felty leaves and vertical stalk of blooms for a short time. UT Blooms Days June 2008 « Fairegarden
Nothing had felt this good since he had slept in Awi's wickiup, with the Dakota snow outside and the smell of cinnamon and long grass in his nose.
But suppose, Maggie, suppose it was a man who was not conceited, who felt he had nothing to be conceited about; who had been marked from childhood for a peculiar kind of suffering, and to whom you were the day-star of his life; who loved you, worshipped you, so entirely that he felt it happiness enough for him if you would let him see you at rare moments15 IV. Another Love-Scene. Book V—Wheat and Tares
To make matters even worse, sharp needles of pain were shooting across her eyes and the soup felt like lead in her stomach.
I felt very uneasy, as if my stomach was tight and tense, yet it was sloshing about and very empty.
Fry emerged from the incident without a scratch, but the concussion of the explosion was felt some 2,000 feet away, at the starting line.
Der Oberste oder Generalfeltmesser Surveyor general und der oberst Einzieher Receyvers general welche grad zur selbigen Zeit, wegen ihren Geschäften zu Londen sich befunden, und von dem Königlichen Comite so wohl als von den Lords propr. Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languag
Her skin felt smooth and cool.
I felt as though, strong as the yoke of these janizaries and their master looked, I had the death-warrant of imperialism in my pocket. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866
He felt a compelling need to tell someone about his idea.
White cap set her up long hair and half of his face is obscured, but felt she must be very beautiful, breathtaking beauty!
She felt his hand grazing hers, and looked up at him, but his attention was suddenly diverted.
In the small main lobby, there was an elevator with an out-of-order sign on it older than I was, an open door to a stairway, and a directory with little plastic letters spelling out the names of bail bondsmen and repo services on black felt. Free Excerpt 2/5: Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson
Tightly woven wool, wool melton, felted or boiled wool, leather and suede along with faux leather and suede all can be clipped, snipped, slashed or punched without fraying.
I've never had any desire to step into the limelight, so climbing on to the stage felt like mounting a scaffold.
It said Plavix "has met the long-felt need for an effective and safe antiplatelet drug," as evidenced by clinical trials proving its safety and effectiveness versus aspirin. Sanofi, Bristol Reap Two Victories on Plavix
He gave me an once-over, slowly letting his gaze survey me up and down, and I felt my cheeks heat up, regretting my stupid retort.
I felt shamed for being called crybaby and a fraidy cat by family members and others. Undefined
She felt her eyes widen; undirected, her hands spread over his chest as he drew her to him. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
Susan felt slightly annoyed with herself.
It was incredibly bad-mannered of me, but I felt myself falling asleep. TIME OF THE WOLF
His mind was employed upon Christ, and even bodily he felt as if set free from a great burden which had bowed him down.
You felt something was going to give. Times, Sunday Times
The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.
She felt strangely weightless and ready to drift off with the next breeze.
The point is we felt that all agencies had a fair opportunity to sell the property, that we tapped a wide spectrum of potential buyers, and came out of the deal satisfied with the overall marketing effort.
The different kinden races were also neat..different in a way that was cool, but done in a way that they felt familiar. Archive 2010-02-01
She heard his words, and felt them, a breath across her temple, a deep reverberation in his chest. SCANDAL'S BRIDE
She felt her heart flip .
In truth it was all he could do to contain himself, and he felt that his only chance of bearing up was to say nothing more than was absolutely necessary in short ejaculatory phrases. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure
He knew some members of the congregation, including the president, grew restive during his discourse, and would have preferred a more oratorical, hortative style, but he felt his type of sermon was more in keeping with his basic function of teacher, implicit in the word "rabbi. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
His smile was contagious, his wave was heartfelt and the toot of his horn was one of a kind.
She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
The tragic death of Mr. Shane Fitzgerald, from Kilmacleague, Dunmore East, last week was felt all over the barony of Gall Tir including Passage and surrounding areas.
She put on her felt hat and walked into the boundless wind and snow.
He might have believed the pain he'd felt had been imagined if not for the mysterious situation he now was in.
I felt rather out of it in France because I can't speak French.
Some critics will accuse Duffy of acting as apologist for a campaign of violent repression, but this would scarcely be fair: “confronted by the sanctified savageries of the Tudor age, it would be a hard heart that withheld pity from the victims or felt no indignation against the perpetrators”. A Not so Bloody Mary ?
The struggles are still being felt, even now that I've graduated and moved away from South Bend, Indiana. Tanya Barrios: Coming Out at Notre Dame
She felt it incumbent upon/on her to raise the subject at their meeting.
Most people couldn't afford, or felt too socially inept, to go and watch plays.
Problems in his personal life became intolerable for him and he felt unable to face his future.
My mother was upset about his appearance here, not least because she felt it was invading her privacy.
Cut simple holiday shapes out of paper or felt, then hang with thread from curtain rods, hanging lamps, doorways or over the outside of a lampshade.
She would have "toted" me farther, but I felt myself too much of a man to allow it. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in
Watching Nixon's henchmen come out of the woodwork to declare their moral indignation at the ethical lapses of Mark Felt was tantamount to watching Liza Minelli criticize someone else for being an an unstable boozehound.
Now, the Pastons had recourse to the courts, but also felt able to join the political conflict themselves.
I felt my fangs sink into flesh and I heard him scream.
(O father of a felt calotte!) 75 In times of mourning Moslem women do not use perfumes or dyes, like the Henna here alluded to in the pink legs and feet of the dove. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
There was nothing that bothered him more than seeing his friends in bad moods, for he knew what it felt like to be in a slump.
TV Guide Magazine: When your coanchor job was announced, you said you felt like the computer nerd being asked to the prom by the high school quarterback. The Biz: Ann Curry's New Today Role
A period of time elapses before the full effects of your action is felt.
The good times were rolling, and Manhattan felt swank like never before.
He groaned, and felt the bulkhead, slowly coming to his knees, and standing, trying to orient himself to his position on ‘B’ deck.
Tayrah took a deep breath and smothered the anger she felt approaching and then quickly changed the subject.
He felt as if he was on the brink of the greatest personal triumph of his life.
As she embraced him, she felt his shrunken arms and shuddered; the muscular vibrance that had always been the essence of his personality was completely absent. Empire of Dreams
On bad days I even felt suicidal.
It felt as if it had been yesterday that he had spited her the same way.
With white lights twinkling around the street-facing windows, a single red rose on our table and the candle lamp glowing between us, our fondue dinner felt almost romantic.
I found it very difficult to drag myself back to the office after that, so after a quick conference with Paul I booked some holiday for mid-July when I got back to my desk and immediately felt better about things.
Right after we came ashore, we felt the sticky, humid air of the land hit our faces.
Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
Let us hope the direful upheaving, which is now felt throughout the Union, is the earthquake that will bury it forever. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
They kissed her, one cheek each, and departed softly in their pink felt bedroom slippers.
About mid-career, in order to create a mask of professionalism, many journalists tend to pulp the optimism and joy they first felt at writing.
I know several of them personally and have always felt I have been given a fair hearing.
She heaved a deep , heartfelt sigh.
Probably he felt an attempt to demonstrate the scale of Flaubert's achievement would be otiose and would, in any case, take up too much space in a short essay devoted to another topic.
With a peaceful and stable southern border, Begin felt free to concentrate on his northern front.
He really felt, right now as he looked at her, that he'd outsailed her and needed another challenge, and anyway, lately he'd been wanting to do more cruising.
They didn't see each other very often, except for chance meetings at meal times, when they felt strong enough to go to the mess hall.
Yet I feel pretty sure that recreating the messianic zeal about Early Intervention that I felt that day in Granton would do nothing but good.
It felt as if a million nails were being pounded by a hammer.
I certainly felt safer on the return leg than on the outbound leg.
The percentage is how students felt about the overall quality of their course. Times, Sunday Times
A good lawyer might fudge the issue for his client - not sufficiently to get him off the hook, but sufficiently to suggest that he honestly felt himself justified in making a second marriage.
Sure enough, the tremor of his voice instilled fear but something within felt familiar with his malevolent aura.
The other passengers felt confident enough to laugh about and comment on the situation now.
After September 11 everyone was talking about masculinity, mostly because any heterosexual woman who hadn't previously fetishized firemen now felt compelled to do so, if only out of gratitude.
It just felt like there was something radiating from him, peace or something.
The reverberations were even felt west of Mississippi.
Now that the conference has voted in favour of coalition, does that mean that you would feel compeled yourself to vote with the coalition on bills in the assemblyeven if you felt that a certain bill was making too much of a concesion to the other party or was in general against your LibDem principles? Back in circulation
The claims of contiguity, and geography more generally, would continue to make themselves felt.
The heat of the place was remarkable; I felt my collar grow soft and hoped that my appearance would not deteriorate too rapidly. ANTI-ICE
This was an insult in which every gownsman felt himself involved. The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
Some days, going outside, he felt as if he was breathing through a wet washrag. KISSCUT
I felt the familiar ache in my lower back.
Maluleke assured him that the court offered him more protection than any other place and that it was important he felt able to speak freely and truthfully.
Cratyn was so annoyingly devout, he probably felt the need for penance if he had an impure thought. TREASON KEEP
Harry felt in his blood with what calming delight and fulfilment his enemy would embrace the lie that made him the victor.
She looked up at him in fear, he was tall and lanky and she felt small and miserable sitting in his shadow.
The harsh winter winds were slicing past them and it felt like it was tearing their skin.
I asked him if he felt emotionally or materially deprived because there were no more dinosaurs or brontosauruses -'And what did he say? YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
Sandra helped us deal with the grief and anger we felt over Patrick's death.
We felt we should just try and get it sorted and get him fit again. Times, Sunday Times
She felt a light tap on her shoulder.
I entwined my fingers with hers, experiencing relief and dissolved anxiety as I felt her squeeze back.
She felt her mother's death very deeply.
She had grown so used to carrying Muffin around that she felt as if the vet had amputated a limb.
In warm light colours also warm body colours make themselves felt in a pleasant way, whereas the low proportion of short-wave radiation of these light sources more or less kills cold colours such as bluish green, blue and purple. 2. Elements
Put the top back on that felt - tip pen or it will dry out.
With a 33 km mountain run behind me and a 67 km white-water kayak ahead, I felt pain, dread, exaltation, jubilation, anticipation, fear and joy - give me more emotions.
The chairman felt that it was his place to intervene in the disagreement between two of his committee members.
He felt snow-blind to his surroundings as he sat up and shaded his eyes with chained hands. A KING'S RANSOM
However, she felt that this was artificial and did not reflect their real attitudes.
Words could not describe the grief felt by the small but united community of Nurney.
What I mostly felt was awe at her achievement.
I felt like a gleeful kid after a particularly lucrative Halloween expedition, and enacted the self-same rituals.
In any case I'd already known that the moment had come, I'd felt it inside me. THE EXECUTION
Klinefelter says there's plenty of pent-up demand in the teen sector.
He had seen that stare directed at errant Constables and felt a stir of pity for her.
Where vegetation composition is altered and floral richness threatened, the results will ultimately be felt by us all.
The Shadow Cabinet felt the full force of his left jab yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
Beth felt strangely drawn to this gentle stranger.
As I stood on the tee, I felt a terrific calm, but a controlled excitement, too.
` ` Mornin ', Mr. Babbitt!' 'said Moon, and Babbitt felt himself a person of importance, one whose name even busy garagemen remembered -- not one of these cheap-sports flying around in flivvers. Babbitt
He felt a stab of guilt.
He cocked his head as he felt the deck under his feet thrumming with power.
With domed hall and cavernous corridors that echoed every step, this felt more like a tomb.
The apology must be delayed long enough to recognise the hurt felt by the offended victim - but proffered before there is lasting harm.
The tithonia was a real blast from the past – remember my huge 6 foot bushes and wonderful felty leaves. Birthday Road Trip-Fall Fun « Fairegarden
It felt like being on a boat on a dark green ocean. SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
I felt a sudden urge to smash the teapot against the wall.
He felt a strong pull on the rope.
In fact, this barely even felt like a movie about animals - it just happened to feature a horse prominently.
They felt a deep sense of indebtedness to the learned scholars of the early medieval period.

How To Use Felt In A Sentence

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