noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pang/stab/twinge of jealousy (= a sudden feeling of jealousy )
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Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne.
a pang/twinge/stab of guilt
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Richard felt a pang of guilt, knowing that he had forgotten her birthday.
a pang/twinge/stab of regret literary (= a sudden short feeling of regret )
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Kate watched her go with a pang of regret.
a twinge of disappointment (= a small feeling of disappointment )
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She felt a twinge of disappointment at not getting first prize.
a twinge/stab of pity (= a small feeling of pity )
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Charles even felt a twinge of pity for Mrs Sweet.
twinge/pang of envy
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I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
feel
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But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic.
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I felt a twinge in the pit of my stomach.
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Then, five metres from the line, I felt a twinge in my hamstring.
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I feel a twinge of sympathetic embarrassment on my late colleague's behalf.
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Charles even felt a twinge of pity for Mrs Sweet.
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Melanie felt a twinge of discomfort.
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I felt an unusual twinge of pity for him and reached out and clasped one of his hands in mine.
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Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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George felt a twinge of pain in his ankle from when he had slipped on the ice.
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I'd had the odd twinge now and again, but my heart-attack was totally unexpected.
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Johnson felt a twinge on the inside of his right leg.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic.
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Charles even felt a twinge of pity for Mrs Sweet.
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I feel a twinge of sympathetic embarrassment on my late colleague's behalf.
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I feel a small, icy twinge around my heart.
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I felt responsible and concerned, but also a twinge of frustration.
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I had a twinge of hard joy as I ran after the car.
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Then he thought of Benedicta and felt a twinge of doubt.