Example Sentences

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Twinges to Landon Donovan's thigh muscles aside, LA Galaxy currently look the team with the least-denuded lineup.

From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2012

"Twinges of adversity" had shaped his "tenacious motherwit" for the years ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twinges of every sort had there been her portion; aches, hurts, discouragements, and she the whole time being steadily unselfish.

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth

In November: "Twinges of homesickness cut me to the heart, now and then."

From The Three Brontës by Sinclair, May

No Sooner was the Silk cut off than the Lady felt Sharp Twinges of Remorse, for she knew she must Pay for it with the Money she had Saved Up for a new Dining-Room Carpet.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney