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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What has been much more difficult to discern is the squad’s morale, its fellow feeling, its unity.
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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
That the attributes of self-discipline; of quiet, good-humored resolve; and of fellow feeling still characterize this country.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 12 Nov. 2022
The lights go out again in a later scene, in which any fellow feeling for Jud is extinguished.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
Some of the fellow feeling for Kiev inspires deranged foreign policy recommendations that Biden is fortunately ignoring: a no-fly zone over Ukraine, for example.
—Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 11 Mar. 2022
The goodwill and fellow feeling for Ukraine extends well beyond national leaders.
—Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
My tactic last night to secure my husband’s fellow feeling might have been a touch too simplistic.
—Diane Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
In stories, trees that interact are declared anthropomorphic, because fellow feeling is considered a human trait.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
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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
That the attributes of self-discipline; of quiet, good-humored resolve; and of fellow feeling still characterize this country.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 12 Nov. 2022
The lights go out again in a later scene, in which any fellow feeling for Jud is extinguished.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
Some of the fellow feeling for Kiev inspires deranged foreign policy recommendations that Biden is fortunately ignoring: a no-fly zone over Ukraine, for example.
—Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 11 Mar. 2022
The goodwill and fellow feeling for Ukraine extends well beyond national leaders.
—Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
My tactic last night to secure my husband’s fellow feeling might have been a touch too simplistic.
—Diane Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
In stories, trees that interact are declared anthropomorphic, because fellow feeling is considered a human trait.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1621, in the meaning defined above
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“Fellow feeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow%20feeling. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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