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twinge

[twinj] / twɪndʒ /


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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

But, intentional or not, contained within his September critique was a twinge of doubt about the viability of a defence-first mantra in the modern age.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 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

The twinge Rams coach Sean McVay described as a “little something” initially?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

I was feeling another twinge, a quiet nudge toward what might be a whole different future from the one I’d planned for.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama