feel doubt vs have doubt

Both 'feel doubt' and 'have doubt' are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Feel doubt' is more about the emotional experience of uncertainty or skepticism, while 'have doubt' is about possessing or holding a feeling of uncertainty. The choice between them depends on whether you want to emphasize the emotional aspect or the possession of doubt.

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feel doubt

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express the emotional experience of uncertainty or skepticism.

This phrase is used to describe the feeling of uncertainty or skepticism about something. It emphasizes the emotional aspect of doubt.

Examples:

I can't help but feel doubt about his intentions.
She felt doubt creeping in as she listened to his explanation.

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There's no reason to feel doubt or uncertainty, Brandon.
When you feel doubt, these lights will remind you that you're never really alone.
That is the challenge we have to meet at a moment when many of our fellow-citizens are beginning to feel doubts and see few political prospects.
He must be killed after he feels the doubt and fear in his bones.
Having analysed the information provided by France and interested parties, the Commission feels that this doubt remains.
Just if you ever feel that self-doubt again, tell somebody.
(89) Having analysed the information provided by France and interested parties, the Commission feels that this doubt remains.
Our friends who are joining us feel, no doubt, that they have arrived at the end of the road.
Mr President-in-Office of the Council, you can no doubt feel how much good will is directed towards you in this House.
I somehow doubt they feel the same about us.
I doubt you feel great on nothing.
Personally, I must tell you that just occasionally I feel some doubt and a little unease as to this coincidence, which we all too often try to perceive, between a massive media presence and active transparency.
Whatever it is you're so upset about, I doubt he feels the same.
Breathe and release your doubt and feel the pulse of the trees.
I feel the most enormous doubt and uncertainty about whether I should be a priest.
At the moment, I doubt he feels much of anything.
In any case, a majority of the people in France and elsewhere no doubt feel enthusiastic on learning of the diplomat's sequestration and the death of some cops.
How does it feel with almost no doubt?
The fact that we do need to is evidence for us, but I also feel we should not doubt that the citizens of Europe also need us to.
This is a discussion which recurs every year, and every year in the reports of the Court of Auditors we can read the comment that if nothing is done about this staffing situation, it will no doubt feel obliged to repeat the same comment again.

Alternatives:

have doubts
be uncertain
be skeptical
doubt something
question something

have doubt

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate possessing or holding a feeling of uncertainty.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone possesses or holds a feeling of uncertainty or skepticism. It focuses on the possession of doubt.