How to Use fella in a Sentence

fella

noun
  • She has a new fella.
  • He's not a bad fella.
  • Again, the guess here is that the young fella has the goods.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2020
  • And the last of the line up is also the youngest fella.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • How would the little fella get to the other side of the busy street?
    Emma Balter, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • Then the fella comes by in the wheelchair and gives the camera the finger.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Just be sure to tell the fella over there with the hella good hair to shake, shake, shake.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • No: the fellas of 'NSync have grown up—at least a little bit.
    Liz Raiss, GQ, 2 May 2018
  • Some of the girls were saying that to the fellas, like 'sock it to me' in this way or 'sock it to me' in that way.
    Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The ol' man is dying and now his young fella is no longer young.
    Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And while the team was invaluable to the process, there's one fella's name on the headstock.
    New Atlas, 10 July 2024
  • The fellas are getting a few weeks back home to give all their great Mom’s a big hug.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 31 July 2019
  • Emily goes out to the strip club with the fellas, which pisses Luke off.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And the big fella who liked to chant about being the end of the world finally met his end.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Then the Mountaineers' big fella picked up his second foul and took a seat on the bench.
    Dave Skretta, Houston Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2018
  • To be clear, Drewry is a fella that has sampled many a fine Texas craft beer.
    Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The fellas hold a quick and informal draft of the top players in the NBA Finals.
    Aaron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • And now the big fella is gonna do the Ickey Shuffle a very short distance.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Big, bulky sneakers are in right now—but one swerve at a time, fellas.
    Jake Woolf, GQ, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Two young fellas jumped out with rifles, ran to the front of the truck and started shooting.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2019
  • On the cover was a photo of fella sitting on a log in jeans and a plaid red shirt.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Glow-in-the-Dark Poseable Skeleton ($36.98, homedepot.com) There are skeletons and then there is this neon fella.
    Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 3 Oct. 2019
  • One of the fellas accelerated in the middle of the pack and took half of them out.
    Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2018
  • My boys the Travelin’ McCourys have played quite a bit with these fellas.
    USA TODAY, 11 May 2018
  • The 2018 World Cup is just around the corner, and two fellas have cooked up a theme song to soundtrack your own World Cup dreams.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2018
  • And really, let’s all leave the big fella alone, please.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2021
  • At 6-foot-3, McAliley usually does most of his damage in the paint, but the big fella was on a roll against the Bulldogs.
    Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Start growing out those white beards for next year, fellas.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 23 July 2019
  • One day, a fella is an extremist or a hothead on the left.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The other entrance Tran noted was the fella who decided to bear it all — quite literally.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2024

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