panged

past tense of pang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for panged
Verb
  • Chest aches, fevers, debilitating headaches and chills pained 15-year-old Sufiya Syed for more than a year before doctors finally diagnosed her two months ago.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Aggrieved and pained, Mary returns from the grave to exact revenge on anyone who steps inside her family home.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Max Muncy had just hurt his knee and would be out for a month, a 9-14 stretch when the team lost the bulk of what had been a nine-game division lead.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My eyes stung, the tears ready to spill.
    Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Algren, stung by Beauvoir’s independence, treated her miserably.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Johnson allegedly then stabbed her several times, according to Kearny Police, per the outlets.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • During a confrontation, Bryant stabbed K9 Roam multiple times, police said.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The more there is, the more that can be wrung out by storms.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Others wrung riches from the network; Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Walt Disney Imagineering updated the storyline of Black Widow Bride Constance Hatchway earlier this year by turning her from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands into a more mournful figure overwhelmed by the dread of lost love.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • He had been captivated by the high-intensity football Marcelo Bielsa had implemented at Athletic Club, a style that had overwhelmed Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United en route to the Europa League final that year.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At some point, the glass negative cracked, and a thin black lightning strike of a line smote General Terry in the chest.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.
    Deena ElGenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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