shooting pain

Example Sentences

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With her partner away in Italy she stayed home to rest but the following evening felt a shooting pain in her bump so intense that it made her drop to the floor.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

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

He instantly felt a shooting pain in his hip so intense he was unable to move.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 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