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Recent Examples of feel-good
And even if Valentine's Day is the antithesis of feeling good for you, use these cards to send others a feel-good boost.
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Alan Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Overall, this interaction with feel-good brain chemicals means that for many, alcohol cravings can form the biggest challenge for those hoping to cut back or better moderate their drinking behaviors.
—New Atlas, 12 Feb. 2025
Just don’t expect feel-good uplift as these two men join forces to document the cruelty.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Grade Season 4 of Netflix’s feel-good hit below, then drop a comment with your thoughts on life in Serenity.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
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Alan Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Overall, this interaction with feel-good brain chemicals means that for many, alcohol cravings can form the biggest challenge for those hoping to cut back or better moderate their drinking behaviors.
—New Atlas, 12 Feb. 2025
Just don’t expect feel-good uplift as these two men join forces to document the cruelty.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Grade Season 4 of Netflix’s feel-good hit below, then drop a comment with your thoughts on life in Serenity.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for feel-good
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
Adjective
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However, people are nostalgic for this straightforward concept, which appears outdated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Would this series be a nostalgic trip down memory lane of films that stood firmly on right and wrong for coming-of-age youths?—
Demetrius Patterson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Feel the warm fuzzy feelings of making someone else feel good.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Yet as Haugerud’s wry, articulate script deftly expands to include other perspectives — including those of Kristin, of Johanne’s liberal-minded poet grandmother Karin (Anne Marit Jacobsen) and eventually of Johanna herself — the picture grows fuzzy and fraught.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Right now, Wayfair has a storage shed that looks like a dreamy cottage and can be transformed into an office or private oasis.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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The dreamy tune, produced by DZL and Omen, finds Cole referencing the Donald Trump assassination attempt at a Phildelphia rally in June.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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Among Jean-Baptiste’s most extraordinary moments is the intimate Mother’s Day gathering that takes place without melodramatic fireworks but comes face-to-face with Pansy’s private implosion.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her over-the-top cockney accent speaking in melodramatic dialogue drives much of the comedy in her performance, which ultimately wears thin over the course of the film’s brief runtime.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Left behind were a portrait of her grandmother, photographs of her family, jewelry, wardrobe and the less sentimental essentials of life, glasses for reading music, tax records, medicine, passports and car.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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As a pianist, Jarrett was like the soul brother of Rachmaninoff crossed with a sentimental free-jazz rhapsodist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.—
Susan Orlean,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.—
Robert LloydTelevision Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Comments For folks with a sweet tooth for saccharine love stories, Nicholas Sparks movie adaptations hit the spot — most of the time.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Forcing this saccharine message about familial bonds and outlandish action onto an IP that was famous for its dry wit feels like something has gone wrong, somewhere, in the timeline.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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