pangs

Example Sentences

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In a free society, there is no right to be shielded from information that might cause pangs of doubt.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

The 14-year-old first felt the pangs of online addiction in the days after the ban started.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Yet in examining what at first look like gestures of Chinese geoeconomic supremacy, one detects pangs of worry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

But, like I said before, Muhammad is not too intuitive, so he accepts my excuse that I’m practicing for some school play and not experiencing serious pangs of love.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali