pangs

Example Sentences

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Audience: Tweens feeling the first pangs of nostalgia at the turn of the millennium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

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 book cover trend, imbued with nostalgia for childhood, promises fiction that grapples with the pangs of adulthood in an age of precarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Playing pickup soccer all day long seemed to postpone my pangs of hunger somehow.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane