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Recent Examples of fella
Down the way, a bunch of young fellas were hooting and hollering.
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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
There’s a lot of barking, and suddenly the big fella hops onto the wood platform, sending the other pinnipeds jostling for a new spot in the sun or diving back into the water.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Working with these fellas always brings the best out of me.
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Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
7 Apr. 2026
While some students and staff seemed to appreciate the bots, plenty more did not, taking it upon themselves to vandalize, harass, and knock the fellas over at every opportunity.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
There’s a lot of barking, and suddenly the big fella hops onto the wood platform, sending the other pinnipeds jostling for a new spot in the sun or diving back into the water.
—
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Working with these fellas always brings the best out of me.
—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
7 Apr. 2026
While some students and staff seemed to appreciate the bots, plenty more did not, taking it upon themselves to vandalize, harass, and knock the fellas over at every opportunity.
—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fella
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fella
Noun
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
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Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.
Noun
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
Noun
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Witnesses reported the suspects as two males in a 1990s white, two-door sedan, similar to a Honda Accord, with tinted windows, police said.
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That’s compared with 5% of cisgender male and 11% of cisgender female students.
Noun
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Not the fun stuff — waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes — but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
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But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
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“Fella.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fella. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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