pangs

Example Sentences

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The mother of one brings her son food overnight to ease his hunger pangs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

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

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

If you’re feeling pangs of financial anxiety, here is a primer on financial therapy and how it can help.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 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