panged

past tense of pang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for panged
Verb
  • Adelman was pained by his Kings exit.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • The emotions ran raw, Grace told Hannity, but other aspects of the case pained her, too.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • But many Catholics not in Econe, including conservative and traditional ones, opposed the consecrations as an act of severe disobedience that hurts the church.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Democrats are still stung by Rogan’s nearly three-hour Trump interview in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign.
    Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Having dominated most of his players in table tennis over the years, Gadowsky is still stung after meeting his match.
    John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Aemond kills the old man anyway, and then kills his sons, though not before being stabbed in the back himself.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • When Chox Choc’s uncle tried to intervene, the teen stabbed him in the heart as well, the prosecutor said.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • In the face of this threat, the Democratic Party’s establishment has wrung its hands.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Until the last drop congeals and the last pearl is wrung out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • But the ownership group is overwhelmed by left-wing politics.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Tipu’s kingdom finally fell in 1799, when British and allied forces overwhelmed his fortress at Seringapatam, a few hours’ drive from present-day Bangalore.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
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
  • Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.
    Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • The album is both plea, polemic and protest, but its argument — that oppressed and working people deserve rights and dignity, and that those things have historically been won through rebellion and revolution — is hardly radical.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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