twinge
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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
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
And unlike other medical shows, most of the ailments are so bizarre that you won’t have to worry if that cough or twinge is a sign that you’re getting one of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
“The real challenge from a public health perspective is, how do you recognize when your little twinge of loneliness, which everyone has from time to time, starts to spiral out of control?”
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Danny knew how it ended, but felt a twinge of disappointment.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
He said he had twinges in his ribs and back for a year and a half before his diagnosis, but initially put them down to playing a lot of golf.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Or I could prevent twinges in my body in places where I never even knew I had places.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022
The album oscillates between dance-floor anthems and lyrics about meditation, coruscating synths and twinges of twang.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Can’t straighten up without feeling sudden pains, sharp aches, and twinges?
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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That day Eoin Morgan went in the back, Jason Roy twinged a hamstring, Chris Woakes batted at number three and England still won by eight wickets with 16.5 overs to spare.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
Intertwined within this main plot, and equally intriguing, are a pair of narratives twinged in history.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 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
On this particular day, I sang for Nancy, while her coral-painted lips twinged in agitation.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
Heaving, breathing in and out, each breath twinged with a high-pitched wheeze.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.
From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by George Colman
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
When the last twinging tremour had run through the racked body, she leaned over and kissed her father full on the lips.
From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
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
She still lives simply, and enjoys good health; but she tells me if she tastes flesh meat, it produces a twinging in the breast.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
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