feel a death/a loss etc
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfeel a death/a loss etcfeel a death/a loss etcFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto react very strongly to a bad event, especially someone’s death Susan felt her grandmother’s death more than the others. → feelExamples from the Corpusfeel a death/a loss etc• Subjects began to feel a loss of control of the course of their thinking.