twinge
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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
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
I nodded, but felt a twinge of insecurity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Not even a twinge of concern in the laser-focused eyes in the rearview mirror.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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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
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
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
The album oscillates between dance-floor anthems and lyrics about meditation, coruscating synths and twinges of twang.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Sympathy for them twinges through me—I ain't seen a sight like this in a while.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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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
One second, Hill is schooling the listeners on why Black people "always be the ones to settle" in a religiously twinged "Forgive Them Father" or criticizing the counterfeit encrusted shine attached to fame in "Superstar."
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
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
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Mrs. Eyrecourt's little twinging eyes suddenly became still and steady.
From The Black Robe by Collins, Wilkie
Austin had swung through a waltz with Jacinta, though the guitars were still twinging softly when they climbed the ladder to the bridge-deck, where canvas chairs were laid out.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
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 Hubbard, Elbert
The girl hurried on, twinging far to the right through the grass.
From The Call of the North by White, Stewart Edward
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 Colman, George
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