Pangs
[pæŋz]
Examples
- To these pangs were added the loss of Perdita, lost through my own accursed self-will and conceit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My family don't feel my pangs of conscience. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I was obliged to hurry away; I was kept out late; and I felt all night such pangs of remorse as made me miserable. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What pangs of dim remorse and doubt and shame? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He must have money, no matter how, if he is to escape horrid pains and pangs. Plato. The Republic.
- Brussels, Waterloo, old, old times, griefs, pangs, remembrances, rushed back into Amelia's gentle heart and caused a cruel agitation there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Some of the lower classes had rather die than wash, but the fumigation of strangers causes them no pangs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seemed to be drawing itself together with strange, violent pangs, in blind effort. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Food, however, became scarce; and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The happiness--the superior advantages of the young women round about her, gave Rebecca inexpressible pangs of envy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It marked one of her supreme moments, the supreme pangs of her nervous gratification. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Before, she had been visited by pangs of fear--now, she never enjoyed an interval of hope. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Toni