feeling for

Example Sentences

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"There's a Korean saying that describes it as 'like a blind person feeling for a doorknob'," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

"Tonight's performance was just an extension of the emotions that I've been feeling for the past year leading up to these Olympics," the two-time world champion told journalists.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

His sharp, geometric style evinces a feeling for symbolism and monumentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Firefighters “cold-trailed” the perimeter, chopping a line around the fire and feeling for residual heat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

She examined the baby one last time, feeling for pulse or breath.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys