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

Sudden or sharp pain at the gym is not OK.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

I felt this intensely sharp pain and I thought I was going to die.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

I try to say his name to calm him but all I do is cough and a sharp pain soars thru my back.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness