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FEEL LIKE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have an inclination for something or some activity
Example:
I feel like a cold beer now
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "feel like" is one way to...):
desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They feel like moving
Context examples:
Said another way, the opposition can feel like two halves of an apple coming together to make a whole, or it can feel like a tug of war.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“If I felt less, I could do more. You don't feel like me, Dan'l; thinks don't go contrary with you, nor you with them; you had better do it yourself.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Lead author Sally Wasef of Australia's Griffith University explained to the press, The ibis was considered to represent the god Thoth, the god of wisdom, the god of magic, the god of judgment, writing all sorts of things (...) If you had a boss that annoys you and you don't feel like you are getting a good judgment from him or you want fairness and justice, you go and ask Thoth to interfere and in return you promise to offer him an ibis, a mummified ibis, in his annual feast.
(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)
I knew you were sincere then, Jo, but lately I have thought that if he came back, and asked again, you might perhaps, feel like giving another answer.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I feel like a novice lumbering through a bog in a mist, jumping from one tussock to another in the mere blind effort to move on without knowing where I am going.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It may feel like indigestion.
(Angina, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
You may have cheerfully volunteered to help your sister with her new little bundle of joy when the baby arrives, and now a job change may make you feel like you are juggling a lot, and you will be this month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I don't like favors, they oppress and make me feel like a slave.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
After having focused on serious matters last month and in early February (like things involving home and family), this new trend, brought to you by a loving universe, will feel like a breath of fresh air.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"Don't mean to have any. It's fun to watch other people philander, but I should feel like a fool doing it myself," said Jo, looking alarmed at the thought.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
