English Reference
Idiom idiom

I had a kind of feeling this


you use this to say you had a vague idea or a small suspicion that something was true or would happen.


SIMPLE

“I had a kind of feeling this would happen.”

CONTEXTUAL

“When the project failed, I told my boss that I had a kind of feeling this might be the result.”

COMPLEX

“Although the evidence seemed convincing at first, I had a kind of feeling this was merely a clever distraction from the truth.”

Last updated April 22, 2026