good feeling

noun

: an expectation that something will be go well
I have a good feeling about this project.

Examples of good feeling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her team, funded by Toyota Research Institute, is tinkering with QT to see what kind of robot socializing—reminiscing, maybe, or planning activities, or perhaps just a certain line of conversation—might give someone a burst of that good feeling. Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024 To then see it all kind of work out, at least for now, is a really good feeling. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023 There was such a good feeling, like people high-fiving on the subway, that was the glue. Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023 Gabrielle Hackman always had a good feeling about John Beebe, a former farmer turned real estate broker and a classmate of Hackman’s older brother. Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023 It’s been a good start for Hudson, and that’s a good feeling for a young guy who in many ways is still trying to gain more experience. Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023 Social-media algorithms are designed to produce an escalating cycle of dopamine rewards in the brain, which make people psychologically dependent on the regular hits of good feeling that come from social recognition. Sebastian Junger, National Review, 13 July 2023 That’s not a good feeling and runs counter to the idea that these rings were designed with accessibility in mind. Ash Parrish, The Verge, 26 June 2023 Because of the minimal impact to our global systems, people were left with a sense of anticlimax, never a good feeling to instill in a general populace, especially one largely unfamiliar with the intricacies of computer programming. Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023

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“Good feeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20feeling. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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