pangs
Example Sentences
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Audience: Tweens feeling the first pangs of nostalgia at the turn of the millennium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
“Of course, I don’t believe that. I have pangs of longing for my home state every day, especially fruits!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Fig’s empty food dish stared at me from the floor, piling on more pangs of guilt.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
