Example Sentences

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Even that comes though with pangs of guilt, wondering whether coming to terms with her childlessness, means she did not want it enough, or try hard enough.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

On “Cherry Blue,” piano-like tones echo inside a canyon of reverb, triggering pangs of loneliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

At holidays or graduations or milestone birthdays, we’d joke about phantom hunger pangs, gesturing to the empty spot where the foil tray should’ve been.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Pushing away the pangs of guilt, I approached the librarian at the welcome desk.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas