darting pain

Example Sentences

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I felt madness in my blood; felt its darting pain through my brain.

From Hunger by Hamsun, Knut

"Where is she?" asked Henry, sinking back at the doctor's reproof, and heeding not the darting pain his attempt to rise had produced.

From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Ashton, Warren T.

"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

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

She added, with a catch in her breath like that produced by a sudden, darting pain, "I know he won't."

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil