feeler

Example Sentences

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Last year, the British dance musician known as Fred Again.. put out a feeler to the Nashville-based alt-rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise about a possible collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

“It’s always so exciting when you see someone with such incredible talent and screen presence who then is also such a deep thinker and feeler as a person,” Lister-Jones said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021

Mr. Whitehouse’s staff recently met with Exxon lobbyists, but the senator said, “The meeting was more just an exploratory feeler to see about further conversations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2016

In comments caught on tape in the Oval Office, he called it “the most realistic, the most convincing, the most persuasive peace feeler I’ve had since I’ve been president.”

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2013

Temp, whose antennas had drooped down over his head, reached out and touched Gregor with a feeler.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins