darting pain
Example Sentences
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He laid a finger upon his stomach, and Glass felt a darting pain at precisely the same spot.
From Going Some by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
The complaint ended in a stifled moan induced perhaps by some darting pain, then without further ado Ma Briskow unbuttoned one shoe and removed it.
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
As she draws a deep breath, she places her hand, with a spasmodic movement, to her left side, as though to quell some darting pain that lies there.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
The pain may begin as a dull, heavy ache, which gradually changes into a sharp, darting pain, and which culminates at last in distinct and positive attacks of uterine colic, or cramps.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes
"Yes," replied he, trying to conceal his emotion, "a sudden darting pain seized me, and—Pray excuse my interrupting your kind and sensible discourse, and be pleased to proceed."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
