pang

I felt a pang of guilt for riling them up and realized just how stark the difference is between driving 25 mph and 35 mph.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"In the initial weeks, I had this really strange pang of wanting to go back. Because it was something I understood," Gershkovich recalled.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I cackle at the distance between perfection and utter collapse, but I also feel a pang of tenderness: I am moved by their effort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

And that’s perfectly OK for them, because they won’t suffer a pang of guilt because of their decision, and they won’t actually feel better about accepting the $150 if they give half of it away.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

“Indeed, Harriet, it would have been a severe pang to lose you; but it must have been. You would have thrown yourself out of all good society. I must have given you up.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

If the reader starts to feel pangs of resentment about this laundry list of expectations — well, we’re reminded that marriage is hard for a man too.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

The 14-year-old first felt the pangs of online addiction in the days after the ban started.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

But that word, “whatnot,” settled into his brain like a splinter, like a chip of glass—like anything that looks healed over but truly isn’t, and can still give pangs years later.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix