feel the need

idiom

: to have a strong feeling that one must have or do something
I felt a need to take control of the situation.
I feel the need to try again.
drivers who feel the need for speed

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Moreover, the board doesn't feel the need to make a change... Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 At the level of craft, writers and executive producers Fellowes and Sonja Warfield didn’t feel the need to get didactic in the script. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 July 2025 Politicians, after all, want to win reelection and may feel the need to cater to public opinion to do it. Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025 Didn’t anyone else feel the need to ask what, departing the human, Harold had finally become? Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for feel the need

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“Feel the need.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel%20the%20need. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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