pangs

Example Sentences

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The mother of one brings her son food overnight to ease his hunger pangs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Even that comes though with pangs of guilt, wondering whether coming to terms with her childlessness, means she did not want it enough, or try hard enough.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

We watched her take the medication, then experience what followed: painful cramping, pangs of guilt, waves of relief and the realization she now bore a new, lifelong emotional scar that wasn’t caused by her mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

Food found along the highway, or the offerings from a friendly hand would ease the pangs of hunger.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls