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noun

ˈpaŋ How to pronounce pang (audio)
Definition of pangnext
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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pang

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verb

as in to pain

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Recent Examples of pang
Noun
Nodding toward this Odyssean journey, Wang’s novel presents a familiar tale of war and homecoming, rife with correspondence, death, and pangs of yearning for a beloved back home. — The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Taken together, these individuals’ collective experiences force us to expand our understanding of the accomplishments and costs of the Civil War, and to weigh anew the pangs that accompanied the new birth of freedom. — Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 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 See All Example Sentences for pang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pang
  1. ache
  2. pain
  3. tingle
  4. sting
  5. twinge
  6. prick
  7. stab
  8. hurt
Noun
  • Dehydration contributes to headaches, body aches, dry mouth, and fatigue associated with hangovers.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Arising 4-6 weeks after exposure, common symptoms include sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and head and body aches.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of ache
Verb
  • An idiosyncratic personal reckoning with the recent death of his mother that gradually expands to take in the perspectives of his kith and kin, the film has the busy, varied emotional intensity of many a family gathering: pained one minute, uproarious the next.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Fans of football surely are both thrilled and pained at this matchup.
    — Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of pain
Noun
  • 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
  • Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.
    — Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of tingle
Verb
  • His touch and shot stung Simon Mignolet’s palms and got Prince William, a friend of Mings, briefly off his seat from the stands above.
    — Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Find out about the equipment and site(s) needed to get started with your own adventure with these stinging insects that produce honey and useful beeswax.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of sting
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of twinge
Verb
  • 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
  • For now at least, these people are stuck with pricking their fingers multiple times a day to get glucose measurements from their blood.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2018
Definition of prick
Verb
  • During episode 1, the police show Jamie, Eddie and their attorney a closed-circuit video of Jamie stabbing Katie in the parking lot where her body was later found.
    — Jessica Sager, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Angga alleged that he and other workers on his ship were frequently beaten and stabbed with a needle, and were often given only rice to eat.
    — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of stab
Verb
  • Being generic with your applications will hurt you in the end.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • One person has been physically hurt — a worshipper who suffered burns in a fire that was set at a Melbourne synagogue in December.
    — TIME, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
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