pang

«pang» in Mova's school dictionary: A sudden sharp pain or feeling — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pang, pangs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sudden sharp pain or feeling. tree →

2) A sudden strong feeling, like a pang of guilt or a pang of hunger. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a pang of sadness or envy tells the reader a character's feelings changed suddenly. Common phrases: «hunger pangs», «a pang of guilt», «a pang of regret».

examples

• She felt a pang of guilt. tree →
• Hunger pangs woke him up. tree →
• Mole felt a pang when he smelled his old home. tree →
• A pang of envy hit her when she saw the bike. tree →
• He felt a pang of sadness at leaving. tree →
• The pangs of hunger made him grumpy. tree →
• And at this thought the pangs of hunger made him feel quite sick with fear. tree →

note

Plural: pangs. Sudden, short feeling.

In the corpora

• The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
• Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.
• For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pang» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.