pang

Winick and Ling still miss Zamora with a “sharp pang of grief.”

If Barack Obama—or any of his other senior aides—felt a pang about the departure of Axe and Gibbs, they did not show it.

I felt a pang of shame—it was time to take my sons to Africa.

As he moved into view, he must have felt a pang of anxiety, even fear.

It is impossible to watch the 'fillers' at work without feeling a pang of envy for their toughness.

A pang, a bitterness that lasted for a day or for a year—and the gap would be filled again by some one else.

The first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"

"She may be hurt internally," spoke up Matt, feeling a pang of pity as he looked at the pale little face.

It was either for them to suffer one sharp pang now, or to endure a greater dragging misery.

Somehow it gave Lawrence a little pang to hear this, then he cast the thought out as unworthy.