pangs

Example Sentences

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In a free society, there is no right to be shielded from information that might cause pangs of doubt.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Yet in examining what at first look like gestures of Chinese geoeconomic supremacy, one detects pangs of worry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

We watched her take the medication, then experience what followed: painful cramping, pangs of guilt, waves of relief and the realization she now bore a new, lifelong emotional scar that wasn’t caused by her mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

The pangs of yearning—my heart squeezes as though I have conquered this insurmountable loss myself.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper