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pang
/ pæŋ /
noun
- a sudden brief sharp feeling, as of loneliness, physical pain, or hunger
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Origin of pang1
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Example Sentences
Winick and Ling still miss Zamora with a “sharp pang of grief.”
If Barack Obama—or any of his other senior aides—felt a pang about the departure of Axe and Gibbs, they did not show it.
I felt a pang of shame—it was time to take my sons to Africa.
As he moved into view, he must have felt a pang of anxiety, even fear.
It is impossible to watch the 'fillers' at work without feeling a pang of envy for their toughness.
A pang, a bitterness that lasted for a day or for a year—and the gap would be filled again by some one else.
The first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"
"She may be hurt internally," spoke up Matt, feeling a pang of pity as he looked at the pale little face.
It was either for them to suffer one sharp pang now, or to endure a greater dragging misery.
Somehow it gave Lawrence a little pang to hear this, then he cast the thought out as unworthy.
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