feel out

Verb

Meaning

try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

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Examples

The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it. Christopher Nolan

I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor. Hattie McDaniel

I text my girlfriends. I look at Facebook. I check my e-mail. If I'm away from the news cycle more than a few hours, I feel out of touch. Leelee Sobieski

I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date. Mary McCormack

Poor people feel out of place in such magnificent buildings. They drop into the nearest seat; like poor relations, they sit on the extreme edge of the chair. At the table of Christ they are below the salt. They are constantly humiliated. Robert G. Ingersoll

I just really am trying, trying, all the time. But I like to be scared. I love to suddenly feel out of control. Kristen Stewart

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