true feelings

plural noun

: the way one really feels
She let him know her true feelings.

Examples of true feelings in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The audience is eavesdropping on unvarnished conversations, with the talkers’ masks off, laying out their true feelings and attitudes: hope, worry, confusion, love, hate and bigotry. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024 The clip featured the brothers joking about each other to continue their mock rivalry before Brook shared his true feelings. Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024 Now, Mary's always been very forthright — too forthright, some would say — about her true feelings for the other Housewives, and even so, Andy had the nerve to ask her who among the ladies Mary actually likes. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024 The fact that a palace source offered this viewpoint to the BBC, U.K.’s national broadcaster, indicated that the source was in fact speaking for the queen and reflecting her true feelings, Sykes wrote. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024 Not only do Camille and Gabriel break up at the altar, but Alfie and Emily seemingly go their separate ways after Alfie learns of Emily's true feelings for Gabriel. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023 Kourtney Kardashian Barker is sharing her true feelings about her sister Khloé Kardashian's ex Tristan Thompson. Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023 Whatever Ratmansky’s true feelings about gender politics, there is something guileless about his public statements. Alice Robb, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023 As her kids are used to sandy Florida beaches and not the rocky shores of Maine, one of Medina's daughters was not afraid to show her true feelings about her time in Bar Harbor. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023

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“True feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20feelings. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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