Although I had heard it so many times before, I never could harden myself to the sounds of the children, and I felt the familiar pang of pity.

He continued staring at her, feeling familiar pangs.

Sean felt that familiar sickening pang; another good man gone.

When she waved, he felt some familiar pangs of guilt and quickly waved back before he finished untying the lines.

Shelley felt the familiar pang of heartache and lost love as their eyes met.

Conrad felt the familiar pang of betrayal from his childhood.

I usually travel solo, and know well the familiar pang of loneliness - as well as the bad meals, missed train connections, and baffling bus schedules, etc, etc.

Perhaps those who'd played the game the way Hamish Alexander did (she scarcely even noticed the familiar little pang that name sent through her) had had a point all along.

A familiar pang jolted through him.

A familiar pang of loneliness knocked against her ribs.