shooting pain

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Josh Askins woke up in the crawl space of an abandoned house with nausea, chills and a shooting pain in his legs.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

She hobbles on the side of her foot and shooting pain means she can't walk far.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022

But the shooting pain radiating from his fingertips healed and the doping case was dismissed.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

“If you have enough inflammation in the area, you can have nerves that have swelling around them as well that could send a shooting pain down the arm,” Ritter explains.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2021

“I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm, always as though it was cut from me yesterday. The doctor said I have phantom pain.”

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat