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Common collocations with pang in American Collocation

pang noun countable

US /pæŋ/

brief or slight

little
momentary
slight

A slight pang of jealousy overcame Leah.

strong or sudden

bitter
sharp
sudden

I felt a blow and then a sharp pang, and there I was pinned by the shoulder to the mast.

feel a pang

experience
feel
suffer

Later I suffered pangs of guilt for what I had done.

make a pang less strong

allay
relieve

The berries relieved their pangs of hunger for a time.

emotion

conscience
disappointment
guilt
jealousy
loneliness
nostalgia
regret
remorse
sympathy

Her tears and sorrow looked so realistic that I almost felt a pang of remorse.

physical feeling

hunger
pain
thirst

But suddenly he felt a pang of hunger, got the box out of his satchel and opened it up.