sharp pain
Example Sentences
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The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
To insert an IUD, a clinician opens the vagina using a speculum and grips the cervix with a type of forceps, which can cause a sudden, sharp pain.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
A hornet sting can trigger sharp pain, tissue damage, and serious systemic problems such as the destruction of red blood cells and cardiac dysfunction, any of which can be fatal.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
I felt this intensely sharp pain and I thought I was going to die.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
It’s hard to breathe, hard to think, and there’s such a sharp pain behind my eyes it makes me see lights.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
