twinges 1 of 2

plural of twinge

twinges

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of twinge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for twinges
Noun
  • After all, who wants to feel the pangs of self-doubt, anxiety, or chronic stress?
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Portugal’s coastline throbs with beach goers and sports enthusiasts.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Symptoms are similar to the common flu, including fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, eye irritation and tiredness.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • My heart aches for Erika and their children.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • McCartney eventually bites the bullet and publicly acknowledges that the Beatles are in fact over.
    Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Bernt gets a vaccine after a badger bites him and that’s the film [in the nutshell].
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The first mozzie of the evening stings my arm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But this kind of comment often stings.
    Time, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Soundtracking Case’s words are windswept arrangements and contagious melodies where baritone guitar, violin swells, and steady percussion crumple up feelings of dread and anxiety.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Surfers can ride more than 25 different wave types, from gentle one-foot swells to seven-foot waves.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Twinges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinges. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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