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View definitions for pangs

pangs

noun as in agony

noun as in travail

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Example Sentences

They're trying to alleviate the pangs of longing for those not currently with them.

From BBC

It is something Ms Mahachi is acutely aware of as she cracks open some wild fruit to stave off her hunger pangs, unsure about what lies ahead in the coming months for her young family.

From BBC

Fleming severed his relationship with Monique after his mother threatened to disinherit him, an act that would reverberate across his lifetime in pangs of sadness and despair.

From Salon

Five months later, in January, he was still waiting to hear if the growths were malignant, and he was suffering from intense stomach pangs.

White audience members are warned that guilt pangs lie ahead — and encouraged to assuage them by depositing donations into a basket being passed around.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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