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

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 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

For some reason, talking about the food we’ll buy at the BP eases the pangs.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green