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A tearful Keely Hodgkinson pulled out of the 400m final at the UK Athletics Championships moments before Sunday's race after feeling "a little twinge".

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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

Feel a twinge of embarrassment looking at some of the outfits the teams are being forced to wear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

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

“Yeah,” said Hazel, a twinge of something in her stomach.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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

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

“Now, whenever they experience the common aches, pains and twinges of life, they wonder if it is because they have this ‘disease,’” Dr. Redberg said.

From New York Times ● May 30, 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

Sympathy for them twinges through me—I ain't seen a sight like this in a while.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

The weak and exquisite sweetness of her smile, as she lay in bed under the stress of twinging pain amid hot-water bottles, was amazing to Sophia.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

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

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

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

They both got up and looked at a couple of the hornets twinging on the ground as they died.

From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic