darting pain

Example Sentences

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"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.

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

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

But soon those treacherous nerves restored themselves, the upper and lower parts of him were all one again, and the diffuse yet darting pain returned.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

With a sudden sharp howl of darting pain, Tu-Kila-Kila withdrew his hand.

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant