twinged

past tense of twinge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for twinged
Verb
  • The memory of them throbbed like a splinter that had never been removed.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In another post on X, the ministry shared that one Spanish detainee from Thunberg's Flotilla allegedly bit a female medical staff member at Ketziot Prison.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Michelle Hempstead, 34, of Essex, England, died in a local hospital on July 30, 2024, after her dog bit her upper arm and caught an artery, according to Sky News, the BBC and the Independent.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 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
  • Smigiel’s right shoulder and elbow ached?
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • My vanity ached at the thought.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd in Carlsbad swelled — estimates ranged from 7,000 to 10,000 — with sidewalks packed over a roughly mile-long stretch of Carlsbad Boulevard north from about Tamarack Avenue through Carlsbad Village.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • When torrential rains hit a swath of Mexico last week, the Cazones River swelled so fast there was virtually no time to flee.
    Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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
  • The forwards are all stacked and racked until the team makes the call on Roslovic.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Rosen referenced cases where prosecutors sought an order for a man who had posted social-media threats involving the San Jose Convention Center, and for a county employee who openly brandished and racked a handgun at work.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, there's a definite shift of styles between the grim, cramped jail cell and a lavish Hollywood musical, but the latter seems almost subdued.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fenway Park is among his least favorites because it is cramped and old.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Twinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinged. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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