darting pain
Example Sentences
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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
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
"Where is she?" asked Henry, sinking back at the doctor's reproof, and heeding not the darting pain his attempt to rise had produced.
From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Ashton, Warren T.
He laid a finger upon his stomach, and Glass felt a darting pain at precisely the same spot.
From Going Some by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
