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Discover LudwigThe phrase "gnawing feeling" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a persistent and uncomfortable feeling that is often described as a physical sensation of gnawing or chewing. This phrase can be used to describe a range of emotions or sensations such as anxiety, guilt, hunger, or physical discomfort. Example: As he waited for the test results, John couldn't shake the gnawing feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach.
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The two best players in the game felt everything slipping through their palms, that gnawing feeling of Mike Bibby making another clutch shot.
ROME, Aug. 8 — Any tourist here knows the sensation: that gnawing feeling that Italians do not pay $3 for a tiny cappuccino or $4 for an unordered basket of bread.
For $40 you'll have a nice chrome faucet that will take away that gnawing feeling inside of having wasted too much water while shaving or brushing your teeth.
gnawing feeling that something just isn't right in your universe.
But despite the feel good attitude that was pervasive throughout that first day, I could not ignore this gnawing feeling of impatience.
My open marriage has made heavy demands on my ability to silence the voice of doubt in my head, that gnawing feeling of worthlessness.
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Barlow is telling me that, while overall he loved the experience of Take That mark 1, the gruelling boy-band schedule and gnawing feelings of "dispensability" (real or imagined), took their toll.
That "bad feeling" gnawing away at you is your intuition telling you that no matter how badly you might wish to talk yourself into this direction, it is the wrong way to go.
There's a gnawing, uncomfortable feeling that washes over you at some point in the weeks shortly before your second child arrives.
Still, when I encounter their work in this context, I'm gnawed by the feeling that something is missing: some piece of street furniture, perhaps.
About five years ago, I had developed this overwhelming feeling that was gnawing at me, telling me that something was missing from my life.
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