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Pang   /pæŋ/   Listen
noun
pang  n.  A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
Synonyms: Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.



verb
Pang  v. t.  To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. (R.)






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"Pang" Quotes from Famous Books



... back to lady Vaughan's,' said Richard, with a torturing pang of jealousy, which only his sense of right, now thoroughly roused, enabled him ...
— St. George and St. Michael • George MacDonald

... wind moaned around them. She waved her arm towards the surrounding hills and her laugh blended with the sound of the wind, it was so faint. He watched her with a curious pang. She seemed among women what that morning was to the coming day—fresh, cool, aloof. It was hard to speak the words which would banish the sorrow from her eyes and make them brilliant with hope and shut him away from her thoughts with a barrier ...
— The Untamed • Max Brand

... a pang to recur to these hideous exhibitions, but it must be done; for history not only has a right, but is bound to do justice upon the errors and crimes of the past, especially when the past had no idea of guilt in the commission of them. ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume IV. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

... circumstances were stronger than will. Did God mean that this anguish should redeem that other old treachery, that his soul should be purified by its baptism of fire, a more worthy offering for his friend? If so, then he must not abate one jot or one pang. ...
— Hope Mills - or Between Friend and Sweetheart • Amanda M. Douglas

... many of his guests, and Mr. Voss made a note of their addresses. The chill went deeper down into the heart of Mrs. Birtwell; and when Mr. Voss, who seemed to grow colder and more constrained every moment, without looking at her, turned to go away, the pang that cut her ...
— Danger - or Wounded in the House of a Friend • T. S. Arthur


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