pang

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

At first, even he felt a momentary pang of caution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

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 ● Nov. 23, 2025

Another pang of loneliness shot through me as my gaze drifted toward my old table.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Sam hopes to attract those who, like himself, felt the pangs of an infamous monster collecting game when using Merlin to ID and save their bird sightings.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

Gnawing on a carrot to still their hunger pangs, they walk from their cold houses through cold streets to an even colder classroom.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank