felt like
Gave impression of
Felt like reports a past sensation, inclination, or impression.
It can describe physical states: My legs felt like jelly.
It captures desires: I felt like going for a walk.
It also conveys subjective experience: It felt like hours had passed.
The construction often precedes a noun or gerund, expressing what someone wanted or how something seemed in the moment.
- impressionEffect on the mind
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- butterflies in stomachNervous stomach sensation
- emotionComplex psychological state
- as thoughIndicating apparent resemblance
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