How to Use true feelings in a Sentence

true feelings

plural noun
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  • Derek has loved Zoe since college, but he's never been able to confess his true feelings.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 July 2024
  • When her younger sister sends out the letters, Lara Jean has to deal with the fallout of all her crushes learning her true feelings.
    — Joshua Ocampo, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
  • Over the last decade, apps like Twitter have allowed anyone to post their true feelings, to share ideas and viewpoints with a large audience.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Their true feelings, as revealed in the texts, often contradicted what was said on air.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Now, Mary's always been very forthright — too forthright, some would say — about her true feelings for the other Housewives, and even so, Andy had the nerve to ask her who among the ladies Mary actually likes.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But transcripts of closed-door Fed meetings from Trump’s first term give some clues about top economists’ true feelings about Trump’s economic agenda.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The clip featured the brothers joking about each other to continue their mock rivalry before Brook shared his true feelings.
    — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Their conversation is full of sweet, gentle flirting, Art too fearful to admit his true feelings.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Many of us don’t realize the relief that can come with no longer suppressing our true feelings, as SELF previously reported.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Earlier this season, Link revealed his true feelings for Jo in a conversation with Teddy.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Listen to this article Tom Brady is sharing his true feelings about his Netflix roast earlier this month, admitting that some of the jokes shared during the event had a negative impact on his kids.
    — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
  • The two are continually drawn to each other and are forced to navigate their true feelings and insecurities.
    — Alice Wu, Women's Health, 26 May 2023
  • Over two nights, our three remaining farmers faced their final decision, sending one potential wife home and revealing their true feelings to one lucky lady.
    — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 21 May 2024
  • But suppressing your true feelings to appease others only sets you up for burnout, resentment, and unhappiness, Dr. Raja says.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 July 2024
  • As part of the court filings for the case, text messages and emails sent by Carlson, among other network personalities, were made public and revealed Carlson's true feelings about former president Donald Trump.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Prior to this week, some former employees feared steep financial retribution for sharing true feelings about the company.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 24 May 2024
  • As explained by Mariko to the hot-headed Blackthorne, women are conditioned to conceal their true feelings behind an impenetrable barrier.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • For that reason, some Western psychologists have tried to explain the absence of positive illusions by arguing that East Asians disguise their true feelings to avoid appearing too self-focused.
    — Shinobu Kitayama, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
  • The audience is eavesdropping on unvarnished conversations, with the talkers’ masks off, laying out their true feelings and attitudes: hope, worry, confusion, love, hate and bigotry.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Daphne, a children’s librarian, is heartbroken after her fiancé Peter leaves her after realizing his true feelings for his childhood best friend Petra.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
  • Whatever Ratmansky’s true feelings about gender politics, there is something guileless about his public statements.
    — Alice Robb, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Cognitive dissonance happens when these values and beliefs contradict your true feelings and behaviors, which might be vulnerability, sensitivity, and emotional expressiveness, Tzall says.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 23 Mar. 2023

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