lancinating
Example Sentences
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Self-pity shot through her tremendous pride; and the lancinating stab made her inattentive even to her curiosity concerning the purpose of Janet's visit.
From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold
Severe lancinating pains were at short intervals felt by the patient—which came on without any evident cause, and were particularly severe on the least pressure of the swollen part.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Some pain of a lancinating type occurred in the breast at this time.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The lancinating pain of doubt passed away, and she remained thinking of the impossibility of bearing any longer with the life.
From Vain Fortune by Moore, George (George Augustus)
The following night he was agitated, frequently awakened by lancinating pains in the affected part, and sometimes by a sense of tension in the head.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
