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  • But somewhere in the back of his mind there must have been a twinge, a nag, an afterimage, for when he lifted his face again he looked straight at Edgar and then he shuddered and stepped back from the sink.†   (source)
  • Meanwhile, for some reason I felt a twinge in my stomach.†   (source)
  • Though the news was a balm to her soul, she also felt a twinge of sadness.†   (source)
  • Eddie, the super of the apartment building, looked at me with a twinge of sympathy.†   (source)
  • I feel a twinge of guilt for teasing Uriah when he can't hear me, but I would have said the same thing if he were standing here.†   (source)
  • I'm sure even the adult viper, as it swallowed the mouse, must have felt somewhere in its undeveloped mind a twinge of regret, a feeling that something greater was just missed, an imaginative leap away from the lonely, crude reality of a reptile.†   (source)
  • Thomas put the papers in the trunk and closed it, hating the twinge of unease he felt.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of pity for him.†   (source)
  • I went to bed with the comforting knowledge that my family was doing well, and that warmth lulled me into a sound sleep that was only hitched by a twinge of nerves at being alone with Maxon again.†   (source)
  • She looked wonderfully peaceful, sleeping a restful sleep, and for a brief moment Mae felt a twinge of envy.†   (source)
  • And every so often I see pictures of myself with both arms and I feel a twinge of sadness.†   (source)
  • Spencer felt a tiny twinge of disappointment.†   (source)
  • I get a twinge.†   (source)
  • She looked at her rags and stained skin, and she couldn't suppress the twinge of shame.†   (source)
  • I feel a slight twinge of hope.†   (source)
  • "I suppose so," Sticky said doubtfully, with a twinge of worry in his voice, "but what if there's someone outside?†   (source)
  • Each twinge, each murmur of slight pain, ripples of sloughed-off matter, swellings and diminishings of tissue, the droolings of the flesh, these are signs, these are the things I need to know about.†   (source)
  • I felt a fierce twinge of sadness, like Baz had just said good-bye to me for good, and was bound someplace I could never follow.†   (source)
  • She tells me I better not get the notion she'll be running up to this part of the world every time I have a little pain or a twinge.†   (source)
  • For the first time she felt a twinge of real fear.†   (source)
  • Even a twinge?†   (source)
  • He grimaced —a twinge that vanished the moment I saw it.†   (source)
  • He starts backward, and I get a momentary, sick twinge of pleasure that I've surprised him.†   (source)
  • A twinge of unease shot through Eragon, matching the intensity of his throbbing head.†   (source)
  • But their mocking laughter had caused a twinge of...what?†   (source)
  • It's been so long since I've hugged her, a twinge of guilt rises up inside me.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of anxiety, but I knew rubbing elbows with the nobility was something of a necessary evil.†   (source)
  • He rises from his chair, and I am so sure he is going to ask me that I feel a twinge of disappointment when he turns instead to the wife of the Spanish ambassador.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • "Gogol Ganguli," the clerk says, motioning for Gogol to approach the dais, and as eager as he is to go through with it, he is aware, with a twinge of sadness, that this is the last time in his life he will hear that name uttered in an official context.†   (source)
  • Still, thinking it, and thinking of my luxurious room and expensive, beautiful clothes, gave me a twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • Ridley winced, and I could feel a twinge of pain shooting from her hand, down my arm.†   (source)
  • "The first time my father heard Methuselah say, "Damn," his body moved strangely, as if he'd received the spirit or a twinge of bad heartburn.†   (source)
  • Every now and then it gives me a twinge.†   (source)
  • All their doors remained simple doors, on/off switches in the flow between two adjacent places, binarily either open or closed, but each of their doors, regarded thus with a twinge of irrational possibility, became partially animate as well, an object with a subtle power to mock, to mock the desires of those who desired to go far away, whispering silently from its door frame that such dreams were the dreams of fools.†   (source)
  • I didn't feel the same twinge of painful embarrassment I sometimes felt when I saw my people in service positions in public places.†   (source)
  • As Katherine hung up, she felt an unexpected twinge of trepidation.†   (source)
  • Years ago, in the Uprising, he had sustained a wound to that shoulder, and even as light a weight as Hugo's—or the turn of a season, a change in temperature or humidity, too sudden a movement of his arm—awakened old twinges and the memories of pains better forgotten.†   (source)
  • He felt a twinge of interest.†   (source)
  • His heart was beating fast, and he could feel a twinge of pain in his left chest.†   (source)
  • I had only the slightest twinge of worry because of his drinking.†   (source)
  • There were times when she felt a twinge of jealousy at that, but she did her best to hide it from Kevin.†   (source)
  • They'd been back at Triangle for a week now, and Bella was still rediscovering the twinges and aches that went along with hunching over a sewing machine all day.†   (source)
  • The matter was put down as a duel of honor, but both of them were left with a twinge in their conscience.†   (source)
  • Dusk was falling outside when a twinge of hunger sent him to the kitchen.†   (source)
  • In the dead of summer, when the potato-scented fumes from the diesel forklifts were choking the warehouses, Papi was helping another man shove a crate into position when he felt a twinge about midway up his spine.†   (source)
  • Ruth felt a twinge in her chest.†   (source)
  • His mouthed was pressed tight and lacked its usual twinge of humor.†   (source)
  • I had a momentary twinge of fear that we were going to fall.†   (source)
  • It was just for an instant, but I felt the small twinge in my stomach as sharply as I would have if he had taken a soft finger and run it down the length of my open palm.†   (source)
  • He was on the point of leaving when he felt a twinge of pity for Tsezar.†   (source)
  • So now I get this twinge in my back whenever we get a few days of rain.†   (source)
  • Occasionally she felt a twinge of guilt for not returning to college, but for the most part she was content in the now, with nothing on the horizon but good times.†   (source)
  • Did he experience a tiny twinge of pleasure at the power his signature must represent?†   (source)
  • Another twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • As the good abbess watched the two waving figures on the ship's rail recede to white dots, she felt a twinge of apprehension.†   (source)
  • Not that I'm jealous, or anything—but I do feel a little twinge seeing Tom smiling down at this Lucy character who, frankly, has very boring hair, even if her clothes are quite nice.†   (source)
  • It was strong, and burned going down, and I felt this weird twinge, like I knew this wasn't the way to react to what had happened at Jennifer Anne's.†   (source)
  • In reverse order, Neferet thanked each element and sent them away as each candle was blown out, and as she did so I felt a little twinge of sadness, like I was saying good-bye to friends.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge.†   (source)
  • Something twinges inside me.†   (source)
  • That's when I got the idea and felt the twinge of regret.†   (source)
  • Major Major felt a twinge of alarm.†   (source)
  • He glanced at the clock, saw with a twinge of guilt his break had lasted more than an hour.†   (source)
  • "Shari," I say, feeling a twinge of guilt, "I don't know that he said that.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of panic.†   (source)
  • He felt a twinge of guilt over this and liked to work on its stately, weathered edifice whenever possible.†   (source)
  • Jake had known many blacks who'd gone to school at Burley, and while they were always grateful for an integrated system, there was usually a twinge of nostalgia for the old place and the old ways.†   (source)
  • Again, that twinge of jealousy overpowered me.†   (source)
  • Nudge felt a twinge around her heart as she looked at the face that had formed so much of her childhood.†   (source)
  • For the first time, he feels a twinge of regret.†   (source)
  • There was a time as a child I possibly could have called her Mom without feeling a twinge of regret.†   (source)
  • Understanding bloomed and with it a surprising and unexpected twinge of jealousy.†   (source)
  • He felt a twinge of guilt for being such a jerk to her the night before.†   (source)
  • And today, for the first time since Friday, I felt this little twinge of, I don't know, almost like joy—but not real bubbly or anything.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of jealousy, then guilt for being jealous of a sick friend.†   (source)
  • I rolled out of range, feeling a twinge of nausea.†   (source)
  • "I hear that Miss Fairchild refuses to admit him," he adds, and I feel a twinge of remorse, which I push away.†   (source)
  • However, when he arrived at his office barely fifty minutes ago and found his concealed private telephone ringing, he had experienced a twinge of apprehension at such an early morning call over that particular line.†   (source)
  • On the open ground they were moving quickly again, one of her ankles twinging with pain whenever they jumped.†   (source)
  • She felt a small twinge of fear.†   (source)
  • She felt a twinge of guilt for leaving her parents over the holidays but she had a career to think about.†   (source)
  • I wriggled uncomfortably under his straight look, and then stopped because it made my back twinge.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of guilt as I said it.†   (source)
  • Chamberlain's stomach twinged in anticipation.†   (source)
  • They pressed him forward, down the stairs, and when he reached the platform he felt a twinge of vertigo as they steered him too close to the tracks.†   (source)
  • I feel a distant twinge of panic, but I make my mind go quiet before I send my body deeper.†   (source)
  • Then he felt a twinge in his right leg and an ache across his hips, but there was no real pain.†   (source)
  • He saw Gordon with a surge of pride and a twinge of anguish.†   (source)
  • His face was such a long upper-lipped Irish prototype that it verged on a joke, and he exuded sadness—something intangibly rumpled, exhausted and resigned that caused me to reflect with a twinge of pain on these lonesome office drinking bouts, the twilight sessions with Yeats and Hopkins, the bleak subway commute to Ozone Park.†   (source)
  • As I stood up I had a little twinge of fear.†   (source)
  • Subconscious twinges of jealousy had been tormenting her.†   (source)
  • More waited until that first twinge that brings awareness of death, then decided that they weren't too old for a change.†   (source)
  • The first twinges of pain slipped down his legs like poisoned water.†   (source)
  • My stomach twinges at the thought of him.†   (source)
  • It took a conscious effort not to wince at the various twinges and aches.†   (source)
  • The thought gave him twinges of both satisfaction and remorse.†   (source)
  • No, she couldn't deny that the accommodations occasionally gave her a few twinges.†   (source)
  • But then, just as I feel those twinges again, he disappears.†   (source)
  • Once inside, she drew him a warm bath, hoping it would help, feeling the first twinges of panic at the new signs of sickness that signaled the disease was advancing more rapidly.†   (source)
  • She fed Demon an apple, already feeling the first twinges of soreness in her legs but not caring in the slightest.†   (source)
  • I felt no pain if you didn't count the twinges under my ribs, which I considered promising and not painful; they were the sign of Shiva's half liver growing to fully occupy its new home.†   (source)
  • They laugh, and my gut twinges.†   (source)
  • Maybe she had a few twinges when she saw couples together who seemed to complete each other rather than compete, but that was only natural.†   (source)
  • Yet even this automaton was made of flesh, as you or I; he was brought up a Christian, nearly became a Catholic priest; twinges of conscience, even of remorse, attack him from time to time like the onset of some bizarre disease, and it is this frailty, the human response that stirs within the implacable and obedient robot, that helps make his memoirs so fascinating, so terrifying and educative.†   (source)
  • For the first time, I felt a twinge of homesickness for the place.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of annoyance because Chiron rarely gave anyone a ride, and never a mortal.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of guilt, and stupidity, too.†   (source)
  • I feel that twinge of hatred against 13 again.†   (source)
  • I dunno, Harry, maybe curse scars always twinge a bit...I'll ask Dad...†   (source)
  • He felt just one tiny twinge of regret...This was the end of his ambition to become an Auror.†   (source)
  • Each time, though, it was only a twinge.†   (source)
  • She was beginning to feel just the slightest twinge of doubt.†   (source)
  • He stretched, wincing as his ribs twinged painfully.†   (source)
  • For just one tiny instant, I even felt a twinge of sympathy for them.†   (source)
  • He came back to the country just because my scar twinged.†   (source)
  • I felt a sudden twinge of guilt about the good vampire doctor, like before.†   (source)
  • I sat stubbornly in my seat, arms folded, feeling a secret twinge of smugness.†   (source)
  • Gratitude overwhelms me, and another feeling too, bringing with it a twinge of pain.†   (source)
  • His scar gave another, more painful, twinge.†   (source)
  • But just hoping that he might gave me the first twinge of enthusiasm I'd felt for the outing.†   (source)
  • I feel a twinge of guilt and shake my head.†   (source)
  • Percy felt a twinge of sadness, like he'd been in that situation.†   (source)
  • I'd be sitting at Ray's, at two or three or four in the morning, and feel this weird twinge.†   (source)
  • But now, I only felt a slight twinge as I took another sip of my beer and waited for him to answer.†   (source)
  • She wondered what had happened to so reduce their numbers and felt a momentary twinge of unease.†   (source)
  • It wouldn't be surprising if you had felt a twinge every few minutes.†   (source)
  • Clary raised her head and almost yelped as a twinge shot through her stiff neck.†   (source)
  • Through the twinge of guilt, she managed a real half smile in his direction before she turned away.†   (source)
  • For a moment, he stopped to listen to the wailing, feeling a twinge of sympathy.†   (source)
  • The thought of it brought a twinge of regret.†   (source)
  • She has twelve, and I feel a momentary twinge of jealousy.†   (source)
  • All of this gave Reyna a twinge of dark satisfaction.†   (source)
  • He felt a twinge, but the moment passed.†   (source)
  • He felt relief, and also the tiniest twinge of disappointment.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge for keeping her inside all these months.†   (source)
  • But hearing this, I felt a weird twinge, something not settling right.†   (source)
  • Just as I turned to leave the room, though, I felt it: that old familiar twinge in my gut.†   (source)
  • My stomach gave me a twinge and I felt nauseated.†   (source)
  • Only when I saw Owen did I feel a twinge of something like loneliness.†   (source)
  • I felt a brief twinge of guilt as I realized how Charlie would feel about this, but I ignored it.†   (source)
  • I thought, realizing what that twinge in my gut must mean.†   (source)
  • Then a tiny twinge of disappointment too.†   (source)
  • Alec's night vision rune twinged as he narrowed his eyes, moving forward.†   (source)
  • And brought on a slight twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • Everything about Sebastian was mild, Isabelle thought with a twinge of annoyance.†   (source)
  • I had that twinge in my stomach, like I was doing something wrong.†   (source)
  • My head jerks up, and I feel an excited twinge in my stomach.†   (source)
  • My neck twinged with the image of the hundreds of tiny spiders waiting to assault me.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge in my chest at those words, a desire to make him take them back.†   (source)
  • Right," Simon said, though he couldn't help a twinge of disappointment.†   (source)
  • Hearing this, I felt a twinge of dread, knowing I should tell her I wanted to quit modeling.†   (source)
  • And what was this weird twinge I felt in my stomach?†   (source)
  • If she were in love...Bryan felt the twinge again and ignored it.†   (source)
  • With a painful twinge, I recall those other mornings together.†   (source)
  • Since he started sleeping on Hema's sofa, he'd not had a twinge of discomfort when he peed.†   (source)
  • Even now, the tidy, unemotional plans gave her a twinge of distaste.†   (source)
  • He felt a flare of desire and a simultaneous protective twinge.†   (source)
  • I knew that twinge; it had been handed to me by a bolo in a jungle.†   (source)
  • Dad rarely ate breakfast these days ....Rod recalled why with a twinge.†   (source)
  • gives her a twinge of shame at her urgent and unbuttoned lust.†   (source)
  • Nowadays, however, his scar hardly ever stopped prickling, and he often felt lurches of annoyance or cheerfulness that were unrelated to what was happening to him at the time, which were always accompanied by a particularly painful twinge from his scar.†   (source)
  • A sharp twinge of something very close to stage fright twisted in the pit of my stomach as I considered that.†   (source)
  • I feel a twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • We introduced ourselves to C.C. She looked me over with a twinge of disapproval, as if I'd failed some kind of test.†   (source)
  • His wound twinged as Saphira lifted her azure wings, then drove them down and jumped forward, gaining speed and altitude each second.†   (source)
  • With a twinge of regret that had nothing to do with food, Harry imagined the house-elf busying himself over the steak-and-kidney pie that Harry, Ron, and Hermione would never eat.†   (source)
  • Another twinge.†   (source)
  • I had one last twinge of doubt.†   (source)
  • He felt a strange twinge of annoyance as she walked away, her long red hair dancing behind her; he had become so used to her presence over the summer that he had almost forgotten that Ginny did not hang around with him, Ron, and Hermione while at school.†   (source)
  • Amaranta Ursula was inclined to believe that he was the son of Petra Cotes, of whom she remembered only tales of infamy, and that supposition produced a twinge of horror in her heart.†   (source)
  • I am the bane of her existence," Clary said, mimicking her mother's precise phrasing with only a slight twinge of guilt.†   (source)
  • But the pressure from the football coach", coupled with a little twinge inside his own heart, led Simpson to reject the applicant gently.†   (source)
  • This was even harder for Eragon; he ended up bowed like a hunchback, with his arms hanging uselessly by his head while his hamstrings twinged and burned.†   (source)
  • Although he still doesn't look at me, I like to imagine a twinge of jealousy building up inside of him.†   (source)
  • She felt a twinge of curiosity as she held the message in front of her, and it was then, in the rising sunlight of a hot New England day, that she first read the letter that would change her life forever.†   (source)
  • Besides the difficulty of traveling with Tinder, and the hydrogen peroxide and other supplies that Henry would be bringing back that evening, Edgar had made a deal with Henry and he already felt more than a twinge of guilt over having burglarized the man.†   (source)
  • Eragon's arms twinged with sympathetic pain, and he had to restrain himself from rushing to her defense.†   (source)
  • He explained that with four grains of denner resin, a man could have his foot amputated without a twinge of pain.†   (source)
  • Aureliano Segundo felt a twinge of conscience when he saw Meme's state of prostration and he promised himself to take better care of her in the future.†   (source)
  • Even the sight of her chatting animatedly to Roger Davies as they prepared to mount their brooms caused him only a slight twinge of jealousy.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of unease at the thought of this being the odd night where the only talented musicians at the Eolian were men, or women who didn't know Aloine's part.†   (source)
  • I feel a twinge of regret.†   (source)
  • I laughed with him, hiding a secret twinge of regret — why did he have to look like a runway model when I couldn't?†   (source)
  • I allowed you to leave my presence, bloodstained, exhausted but exhilarated, and if I felt a twinge of unease that I ought, perhaps, to have told you then, it was swiftly silenced.†   (source)
  • Harry felt a small twinge of guilt at the thought of the pile of homework awaiting him upstairs, but the sky was a clear, exhilarating blue, and he had not been on his Firebolt for a week...'I mean, we can do it tonight,' said Ron, as he and Harry walked down the sloping lawns towards the Quidditch pitch, their broomsticks over their shoulders, and with Hermione's dire warnings that they would fail all their OWLs still ringing in their ears.†   (source)
  • He feels a twinge of guilt that on some deep level, he's thankful for whatever tragedy has occurred, because it's forced them together.†   (source)
  • I felt a twinge of guilt.†   (source)
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