pang

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's

Now 72, she said there was a "bit of a pang" of emotion about handing over treasured letters and other items to the museum.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s his first pang of guilt, the first time he understands that his needs are not the only ones that matter.

From Salon

I work in food, and still, every time I reach for something above the “economy” label, I feel a small pang of guilt, like I’m splurging where I shouldn’t.

From Salon