sharp pain

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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

Sandra Cartagena, 44, a housekeeper at Hotel Figueroa, said she was in the middle of a conversation with a co-worker on Sunday morning when she felt a sharp pain in her left arm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Every now and then the sharp pain wanes to an ache.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart