pang
noun
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing.
pangs
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pluralof pang.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mother of one brings her son food overnight to ease his hunger pangs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
In a free society, there is no right to be shielded from information that might cause pangs of doubt.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
We watched her take the medication, then experience what followed: painful cramping, pangs of guilt, waves of relief and the realization she now bore a new, lifelong emotional scar that wasn’t caused by her mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
Her brain simmered with bursts of lilac, cigar smoke, sweat, the cringe of a missed opportunity, pangs of hunger.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
