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
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
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
My stomach gave me a twinge and I felt nauseated.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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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
Helen later got the IUS or hormonal contraceptive coil but decided to have it removed after three years because of "sharp twinges".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023
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
Or I could prevent twinges in my body in places where I never even knew I had places.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022
As the weeks lengthened into months of captivity, the men could not help feeling twinges of despair.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
In her wordsmith-like rhythms and reggae and neo-soul twinged beats, she answered them wittly, standing proudly in her Black womanhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 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
Heaving, breathing in and out, each breath twinged with a high-pitched wheeze.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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He smiled, with a twinging undercurrent of regret that not even in impendent death did he find any stimulus to the heroical.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
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
Mrs. Eyrecourt's little twinging eyes suddenly became still and steady.
From The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
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
The corporal was watching him with hungry eyes and a stupid expression on his face; his stomach was also twinging him.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
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