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sinking feeling

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*sinking feeling
the feeling that everything is going wrong; a bad feeling in the base of one's stomach. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I get a sinking feeling whenever I think of the night of the accident.
See also: feeling, sink


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His heart gave a great leap, and he suddenly felt faint, the sinking feeling accompanied by a strange trembling of the knees.
She smiled bravely, and bravely overcame the sinking feeling at her heart.
 
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