twinge in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

twinge in the PONS Dictionary

twinge Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a twinge of conscience
un remords
to feel a twinge of guilt/sadness
éprouver une certaine culpabilité/tristesse
American English

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Of doubtful virtue, declining amounts of content and substance can easily be compensated by giving news stories a sensationalistic twinge.
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The trick is to get the bigot into the position of feeling a conflicted twinge of shame... when his homohatred surfaces.
www.renewamerica.com
It should strive to be more than a sop to the pathetic twinge of human self-esteem.
en.wikipedia.org
Not a pang, not an emptiness, not a tick or a twinge.
www.cnn.com
After taking their fill in all they desired, they quickly boarded their ships again and sailed away without any twinge of compunction, just like typical seafaring lowlifes.
en.wikipedia.org
Whenever we are reminded of this feeling or anticipate it in the future, we get a twinge of abandonment distress that we experience as loneliness.
psychcentral.com
There are no discernible twinges of discomfort, no instinctive clutches at his troublesome back.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Does he feel a twinge of regret at defacing them?
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
He knows our ovaries twinge before we do.
www.sugarscape.com
Who couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret not to be part of the ride so far?
www.dailyreckoning.com.au

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