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twinge

[twinj] / twɪndʒ /


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We do know that scores of mothers saw Lindsay Clancy and felt a twinge of understanding.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

BBC's commentary team later received a message from Hodgkinson's coach Jenny Meadows, saying she withdrew as she "felt a little twinge in her last strides before the race".

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

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

Danny knew how it ended, but felt a twinge of disappointment.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

When the pain got worse in the middle of 2020, he consulted his GP who told him he had likely pulled a muscle and that the twinges would sort themselves out.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

“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

Or I could prevent twinges in my body in places where I never even knew I had places.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022

But on the inside, I got a case of twinges in my heart and waves in the deepest pit of my stomach.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

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

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

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

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

"Where is Buck?" demanded Michael with a sudden twinging of his heart strings that seemed to bring back the old love and loyalty to his friend.

From Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill

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

His own character being immune to the little twinging impulses of humanness that grow to generous and unselfish deeds, he had looked with derision upon all persons who betrayed concern for their fellow-men.

From The Ranchman by Charles Alden Seltzer

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


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