# I had a kind of feeling this

idiom · CEFR B1

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/i-had-a-kind-of-feeling-this
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

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

## Examples

- I had a kind of feeling this would happen.
- When the project failed, I told my boss that I had a kind of feeling this might be the result.
- Although the evidence seemed convincing at first, I had a kind of feeling this was merely a clever distraction from the truth.

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