feel blue
Be depressed or sad, as in I was really feeling blue after she told me she was leaving. The use of blue to mean “sad” dates from the late 1300s. See also blue funk, def. 2; have the blues.
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How to use feel blue in a sentence
But it does no good to feel blue over it; you'll come back again all right, anyway.
With Sully into the Sioux Land | Joseph Mills HansonI am still around among wounded same, but will not make you feel blue by filling my letter with sad particulars.
The Wound Dresser | Walt WhitmanIt's enough to make a fellow feel blue, listenin' to her complainin' and groanin' all the time.
Jack's Ward | Horatio Alger, Jr.Even the faint odor of carbolic acid, compounded with that of other unknown chemicals, was enough to make a man feel blue.
The Brute | Frederic Arnold KummerI can feel blue lightning chasing up and down my spine right now.
Baby Mine | Margaret Mayo
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