Noun those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon
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Alas, that realization induces as much pang of regret as sigh ... Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 14 July 2022 For a moment, that thought gave me a pang of betrayal. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2022 But there was also a pang in the pit of my stomach. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2021 Nonetheless, there will surely be a pang of regret felt at Old Trafford if Lingard, Martial and van de Beek all go on to shine for another club having struggled so badly for Manchester United. Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 Yet for all of Anderson’s effort to place his film in a New York free of modern markers, one pang of recognition was unintended but unavoidable.New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021 New Year’s Day 2021 started with a pang of sadness for Aida Bueno. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021 Shiv, who leads the siblings’ charge, feels a pang of envy that their dad has kept her brother closer all season and moves to sweet-talk him in the room. Hunter Harris, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2021 One wonders whether the seafarers were drawn as much by a subconscious pang of obligation as by the ethereality of the music. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
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 More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PANG | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤sharp劇痛➤little, slight, small稍微的/輕微的/很小的疼痛➤sudden突如其來的劇痛➤first第一次陣痛◇He felt the first pangs of desire when he saw his new teacher.見到新來的老師時,他第一次感到自己強烈的渴望。➤familiar熟悉的苦痛➤hunger飢餓之苦➤birth pangs (figurative) (社會重大變革等)開始時的混亂和痛苦◇the birth pangs of the new technology新技術誕生時的陣痛VERB + PANG➤experience, feel, suffer感到刺痛;遭受劇痛◇He experienced a sudden pang of conscience.他突然感到一陣內疚。PREPOSITION➤with a pang伴隨着劇痛◇With a pang she recalled the last time she had seen him.她痛苦地回憶起最後一次見到他的情景。➤pang of⋯的痛苦◇She felt a little pang of jealousy.她感覺到一絲妒意。