twinge
noun
a sudden, sharp pain.
twinging
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present participleof twinge.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Thus, the dyspeptic over loading his stomach is plunged into the horrid hell of nightmare: the gourmand, pampering himself with a diet of spiced meats and Burgundy, shrieks from the twinging hell of gout.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
The girl hurried on, twinging far to the right through the grass.
From The Call of the North by Stewart Edward White
Mrs. Eyrecourt's little twinging eyes suddenly became still and steady.
From The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
He smiled, with a twinging undercurrent of regret that not even in impendent death did he find any stimulus to the heroical.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
She still lives simply, and enjoys good health; but she tells me if she tastes flesh meat, it produces a twinging in the breast.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
