All 6 Uses
twinge
in
Hollow City
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- I felt a twinge of jealousy, then guilt for being jealous of a sick friend.†
p. 56.3 *
- Usually it was painful and obvious when a hollow was nearby, but in a giant space like this—among hundreds of people—my warning might only be a whisper, the faintest twinge, easy to miss.†
p. 206.6
- This time, I got a new kind of twinge in my gut, ever so faint, as if a hollow had been here and gone, and I was sensing its residue.†
p. 240.7
- Just as I turned to leave the room, though, I felt it: that old familiar twinge in my gut.†
p. 363.8
- As I passed the next doorway, I felt a third twinge: a little stronger now, but still only a whisper.†
p. 364.1
- As they led us away, one by one, over the wide collapsible bridge, I felt a familiar twinge in my gut—faint but strengthening, slow but quickening—the hollowgast, unfrozen now, coming slowly back to life.†
p. 388.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(twinge) a sudden, short-lived feeling of pain or emotion
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)