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twinge

[twinj] / twɪndʒ /


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A tearful Keely Hodgkinson pulled out of the 400m final at the UK Athletics Championships moments before Sunday's race after feeling "a little twinge".

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

And unlike other medical shows, most of the ailments are so bizarre that you won’t have to worry if that cough or twinge is a sign that you’re getting one of them.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Feel a twinge of embarrassment looking at some of the outfits the teams are being forced to wear.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 3, 2025

“The real challenge from a public health perspective is, how do you recognize when your little twinge of loneliness, which everyone has from time to time, starts to spiral out of control?”

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

Everything is such a mess, and I can’t wait to graduate, but I still feel this twinge of nostalgia for my time at Batavia High School as it draws to a close.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Another factor creating twinges of anxiety in markets has been the recent upward pressure in short-term funding markets, especially as they reared up at the end of October.

From MarketWatch Nov. 9, 2025

Full of jovial bluster, Fisher’s Ali occasionally breaks his facade to reveal pangs of empathy and twinges of insecurity.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2023

“It would have been a lot easier to see the Padres advance because I wouldn’t have those twinges of pain when I see that stupid Phillie Phanatic dancing all around.”

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2022

The album oscillates between dance-floor anthems and lyrics about meditation, coruscating synths and twinges of twang.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2022

The cuts and raw spots have crusted over enough that I can mostly move around, and even though my back twinges when I move too quickly, it’s nothing I can’t ignore.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

While the run in Qatar was twinged with disbelief, their journey in North America has been infused with purpose.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Intertwined within this main plot, and equally intriguing, are a pair of narratives twinged in history.

From Washington Times Sep. 13, 2023

In her wordsmith-like rhythms and reggae and neo-soul twinged beats, she answered them wittly, standing proudly in her Black womanhood.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2023

They also predicted that Balto would have had a double layer of black fur twinged with tan; modern sled dogs tend to have just a single layer.

From Science Magazine Apr. 26, 2023

It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Later, when gout got to twinging him, he contented himself with cards and cronies.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard

When the last twinging tremour had run through the racked body, she leaned over and kissed her father full on the lips.

From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher

The weak and exquisite sweetness of her smile, as she lay in bed under the stress of twinging pain amid hot-water bottles, was amazing to Sophia.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

But I am like an old soldier whose wound, twinging with rheumatism, announces the approach of damp weather.

From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath

She still lives simply, and enjoys good health; but she tells me if she tastes flesh meat, it produces a twinging in the breast.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott




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