darting pain

Example Sentences

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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

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

But soon those treacherous nerves restored themselves, the upper and lower parts of him were all one again, and the diffuse yet darting pain returned.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

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

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

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant