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
  • There was just so much anger, so much hurt, so much pain from both ends.
    Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Although everyone breathes polluted air, children, elderly, and historically disadvantaged communities are hurt the most.
    Chris Hartmann, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • While the driver was unharmed, per the station, CBS affiliate KFDM-TV in Beaumont said its photographer was stung once while at the scene, according to KBTX.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Drivers stung by high gas prices have enjoyed some welcome relief over recent weeks, however, even as the impact of the Iran war continues to choke off oil supply.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • In a 2021 court decision, an incarcerated man had tried to sue Bureau of Prisons officials after his cellmate stabbed him and left him blind in one eye.
    Christie Thompson, NPR, 17 June 2026
  • Young climbed into a box, which Strange then stabbed repeatedly, prompting groans from the audience.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Until the last drop congeals and the last pearl is wrung out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • In a world often overwhelmed by heartbreak and division, the story confirms that love has a way of continuing on.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • Knicks fans nearly overwhelmed it before the floats arrived.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 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
  • 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
  • To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions.
    Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 9 June 2026
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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