pangs
Example Sentences
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In this dimension, Ibari Waker is an intelligence agent who, despite pangs of conscience, helps arrest pro-democracy dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In a free society, there is no right to be shielded from information that might cause pangs of doubt.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
The book cover trend, imbued with nostalgia for childhood, promises fiction that grapples with the pangs of adulthood in an age of precarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Even that comes though with pangs of guilt, wondering whether coming to terms with her childlessness, means she did not want it enough, or try hard enough.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
A color photograph of Harry headed a short piece entitled: SfCarry potter’s Ofecret SFCeartacfie A boy like no other, perhaps —- yet a boy suffering all the usual pangs of adolescence, writes Rita Skeeter.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
