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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pang
Phonetic Transcription : pæŋ



Definition of pang

Origin :
  • 1520s, "sudden physical pain," of unknown origin, perhaps related to prong (prongys of deth is recorded from mid-15c.). Reference to mental or emotional pain is from 1560s. Related: Pangs.
  • noun ache, twinge
Example sentences :
  • Here the pang suddenly struck her; she was not so numb, after all!
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • She could never have believed she could have felt such a pang.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • There was a pride in the statement with regard to which my first feeling was a pang of envy.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • A pang as of death went through her at the thought that she had not spoken.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If there was a pang, Betty pretended to herself that there was none.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • A pang of remorse came to Hilda as she touched her brother's strong arm.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • And what a pang for a poor creature to go off like that without a word, a caress.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Close by the path across the field to the road stood the Pang apple-tree.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Then he turned back again, and, just at the doorstep, paused with a pang at his heart.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Lisarda, however, continued, unconscious of the pang she had inflicted.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

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