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pang

noun as in ache, twinge

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Watching the Olympics this year amid endless, compounding climate disasters has given me pangs of that pandemic-at-Disney-World feeling.

From Time

When I left my assistant role with the Director and finally went out into the field to execute the Bureau’s marching orders, I felt pangs of conscience.

From Time

Ma’s fate sent pangs of anxiety through the tech ecosystem—as well as some relief.

From Time

The moment was sweet, but a pang of vulnerability rose in my chest.

From Time

Much of quarantine was plagued with pangs of anxiety for people across the globe.

From Quartz

Winick and Ling still miss Zamora with a “sharp pang of grief.”

If Barack Obama—or any of his other senior aides—felt a pang about the departure of Axe and Gibbs, they did not show it.

I felt a pang of shame—it was time to take my sons to Africa.

As he moved into view, he must have felt a pang of anxiety, even fear.

It is impossible to watch the 'fillers' at work without feeling a pang of envy for their toughness.

A pang, a bitterness that lasted for a day or for a year—and the gap would be filled again by some one else.

The first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"

"She may be hurt internally," spoke up Matt, feeling a pang of pity as he looked at the pale little face.

It was either for them to suffer one sharp pang now, or to endure a greater dragging misery.

Somehow it gave Lawrence a little pang to hear this, then he cast the thought out as unworthy.

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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pang, such as: agony, anguish, discomfort, spasm, bite, and distress.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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