as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon
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as in to pain
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Recent Examples of pang
Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Shaw said the coaches talked to Lue on FaceTime after the game and felt a pang of concern for their head coach.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Dylan Owens, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
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Noun
There’s a romantic pang to these characters not quite reaching their full potential.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Shaw said the coaches talked to Lue on FaceTime after the game and felt a pang of concern for their head coach.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Its sonic trappings are in vogue, but thanks in large part to front-woman Fox Rodemich’s memorable voice, which pangs around the record like a cave bellow, there’s an outlying classic quality to these songs.
—Dylan Owens, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pang
Noun
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Early symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache and muscle aches, followed by coughing and shortness of breath.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Saatva Zenhaven latex mattress: on sale for $2,749 Original price: $3,399 Dealing with back aches?—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As someone who has also been a lifelong animal lover, this pains me.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Your Next Read JuJu Watkins’ absence from March Madness hurts USC and pains women’s basketball College hoops business is booming despite quiet tourneys.—
Chantel Jennings,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Hit the ball too far up the handle, or off the end of the head, and the bat will flex and vibrate, transferring less energy to the ball and stinging the batter’s hands.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pets who have an encounter with stinging caterpillars will need a vet visit ASAP.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Then, as the show progresses into new story lines and the rest of the cast tries to carry on without their key player, almost like a phantom limb, the audience feels a constant twinge that something is missing.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2024
Verb
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Ears pricked up when Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta delivered an unexpected compliment to the Chelsea side his team had just comfortably kept a clean sheet against.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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That was especially ripe to be pricked at a moment that is seeing the swearing-in of a new administration that has not exactly placed the protection of women’s rights or LGBTQ+ freedoms at the forefront of its agenda.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Police said evidence found at the scene indicated the man was stabbed near a bus stop in the 100 block of 11th Street.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said he was stabbed in the heart and died in his twin brother’s arms.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trump's most expansive tariffs to date and larger than most experts expected ‒ could further hurt a weakening economy, send the stock market plummeting and even lead to a recession.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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With big men Al Horford and Kristaps Porziņģis out in addition to Jrue Holiday, Kornet’s three first-half fouls hurt the most.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Pang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pang. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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