darting pain

Example Sentences

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She added, with a catch in her breath like that produced by a sudden, darting pain, "I know he won't."

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

With a sudden sharp howl of darting pain, Tu-Kila-Kila withdrew his hand.

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant

The pain may begin as a dull, heavy ache, which gradually changes into a sharp, darting pain, and which culminates at last in distinct and positive attacks of uterine colic, or cramps.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes

I felt madness in my blood; felt its darting pain through my brain.

From Hunger by Hamsun, Knut

As she draws a deep breath, she places her hand, with a spasmodic movement, to her left side, as though to quell some darting pain that lies there.

From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess