darting pain
Example Sentences
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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
With a sudden sharp howl of darting pain, Tu-Kila-Kila withdrew his hand.
From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant
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
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
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
