Examples of fellow feeling in a Sentence
There's a sense of sympathy and fellow feeling among members of the group.
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In the more subtle and remarkable A House in Norway (2014; translated in 2017), the main character spends almost the full length of the novel, which covers about five years, failing to experience any such fellow feeling.
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Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Iran, by far the world’s largest Shiite-majority country, encouraged these groups—mostly Shiite minorities—by scouting them, nurturing the most promising, and building trust and fellow feeling.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Can such fellow feeling reach beyond our immediate surroundings to encompass suffering among more distant people, who neither look, nor live, like us?
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2025
Scientific cooperation is an essential form of diplomacy, generating open-mindedness, patience, and fellow feeling.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2023
What has been much more difficult to discern is the squad’s morale, its fellow feeling, its unity.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Conversion to Islam broke even the nominal fellow feeling that should have been engendered by a mutual Christian identity across white and black communities.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2013
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Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Iran, by far the world’s largest Shiite-majority country, encouraged these groups—mostly Shiite minorities—by scouting them, nurturing the most promising, and building trust and fellow feeling.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Can such fellow feeling reach beyond our immediate surroundings to encompass suffering among more distant people, who neither look, nor live, like us?
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2025
Scientific cooperation is an essential form of diplomacy, generating open-mindedness, patience, and fellow feeling.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2023
What has been much more difficult to discern is the squad’s morale, its fellow feeling, its unity.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Conversion to Islam broke even the nominal fellow feeling that should have been engendered by a mutual Christian identity across white and black communities.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2013
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“Fellow feeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow%20feeling. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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