twinge
Example Sentences
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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
“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
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
The twinge Rams coach Sean McVay described as a “little something” initially?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024
I’m furious at Gene, and I reeeeeally wish everyone and their brother hadn’t seen that happen—but then I feel a twinge in my stomach thinking of my mom.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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