sinking feeling
noun
: a feeling of dread or discouragement
She got that sinking feeling as she viewed the storm damage.
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Clip the Coupon Amazon Everyone knows that sinking feeling when your iPhone runs out of juice before bedtime.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
For Putin, that sinking feeling Alongside being thwarted in its ability to disrupt Ukrainian exports, Russia has also come under direct naval attack from Ukraine.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
That sinking feeling: Tech entrepreneur Chris Willson bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent 15 years and more than $1 million painstakingly restoring it.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
For Putin, that sinking feeling Alongside being thwarted in its ability to disrupt Ukrainian exports, Russia has also come under direct naval attack from Ukraine.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
That sinking feeling: Tech entrepreneur Chris Willson bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent 15 years and more than $1 million painstakingly restoring it.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Sinking feeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinking%20feeling. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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