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It has been a mixed season for Hodgkinson, who had to pull out of the 400m final at the UK Athletics Championships last month after feeling "a little twinge".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Looking over the constant turmoil that Patel has created around himself, it’s hard to not feel a twinge of sympathy.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

When we are out of sync, he says, we experience it as a kind of judder or twinge of social discomfort which “is your brain working a little harder to fix predictions that are wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

But I also found comfort in the idea that it was a possibility—and a twinge of anger toward the many gynecologists I had seen who had never mentioned it as one.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2024

Looking at Wolf waiting patiently, Torak felt a twinge of guilt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Another factor creating twinges of anxiety in markets has been the recent upward pressure in short-term funding markets, especially as they reared up at the end of October.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2025

Helen later got the IUS or hormonal contraceptive coil but decided to have it removed after three years because of "sharp twinges".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023

Full of jovial bluster, Fisher’s Ali occasionally breaks his facade to reveal pangs of empathy and twinges of insecurity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

“It would have been a lot easier to see the Padres advance because I wouldn’t have those twinges of pain when I see that stupid Phillie Phanatic dancing all around.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

Some Hitler Youth had twinges of conscience over the treatment of the Jews.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

While the run in Qatar was twinged with disbelief, their journey in North America has been infused with purpose.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Intertwined within this main plot, and equally intriguing, are a pair of narratives twinged in history.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

One second, Hill is schooling the listeners on why Black people "always be the ones to settle" in a religiously twinged "Forgive Them Father" or criticizing the counterfeit encrusted shine attached to fame in "Superstar."

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023

They also predicted that Balto would have had a double layer of black fur twinged with tan; modern sled dogs tend to have just a single layer.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 26, 2023

My ears twinged at the sound of my home but not enough to pull me all the way out of my quiet.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Later, when gout got to twinging him, he contented himself with cards and cronies.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard

Thus, the dyspeptic over loading his stomach is plunged into the horrid hell of nightmare: the gourmand, pampering himself with a diet of spiced meats and Burgundy, shrieks from the twinging hell of gout.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Mrs. Eyrecourt's little twinging eyes suddenly became still and steady.

From The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins

Maurice, who began to feel a twinging sensation in his stomach, uttered a regretful cry: "If I had known of this I would have bought some bread at Chene."

From The Downfall by E. P. Robins

He smiled, with a twinging undercurrent of regret that not even in impendent death did he find any stimulus to the heroical.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell