panged

Definition of pangednext
past tense of pang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for panged
Verb
  • And right now, the NCAA men’s selection committee would be pained to place 37 at-large bids in the field and come away satisfied.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • McNally is still pained by her death.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Finding solutions that allow AI to flourish without hurting consumers is eminently doable.
    Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His 1984 campaign angered some Democrats who said his ideas were too left-leaning and would hurt the party in the general election.
    Char Adams, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Cowboys have also reiterated that the loss of Jourdan Lewis stung them this season.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Further down the supply chain, former Army Ranger Patrick Montgomery, who runs KC Cattle Company, located outside Kansas City, Missouri, has been stung by high prices.
    Enda Curran, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Brockton Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a co-worker at Wollaston Alloys Monday night.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
  • A student was even stabbed at a school after the system didn't detect a 7-inch knife.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Decades of warming have wrung many parts of the US dry.
    Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Cover the area with a kitchen towel that has been soaked in hot water and then wrung out.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cathy’s, um, secretions Fennell’s tendency to shock us only lightly comes (sorry) into full effect when Cathy steals off to the moors to masturbate against a giant rock, overwhelmed by her feelings for Heathcliff.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This enables local food pantries to support as many individuals as possible without being overwhelmed by rising demand.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 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
  • With many people around the world fighting for their freedom, Dallas’ historical cemetery stands as an example of how a group of people who were historically oppressed and enslaved could become free and prosperous.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Discussions with the creative team led to the idea of showing how oppressed the animals were.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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