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
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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