sharp pain

collocation in English

meaningsofsharpandpain

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sharp
adjective
uk
/ʃɑːp/us
/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪn/us
/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofsharpandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This caused a momentarysharppainand a rather longer-lasting mildly painful bruise.
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I had the window down, and suddenly felt asharppainin my chest.
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The infliction of short,sharppainimmediately after a mischievous act, certainly at home, is effective, beneficial and salutary as a punishment.
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Hypersensitivity issues may also arise, shortsharppaincaused by exposed underlying dentine, after the deterioration of the filling material.
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He felt a slightsharppain, as a bug bite or sting, on the back of his right thigh.
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In 1991, asharppainand swelling, followed by internal bleeding led, he says, to a diagnosis of leukemia.
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But age takes its toll, with asharppainin her chest, she breathes her last on stage.
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A person might reinterpret asharppainas uncomfortable tingling.
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During an evening discussion on 14.1.1985, he suddenly felt asharppainin his neck that traveled downwards.
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If the mind begins to fray or is lost in shadows, asharppainslices through the skull.
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If it fills with blood, the cyst may rupture, causing internal bleeding andsharppain.
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This explains why damage to the internal wall of the thoracic cavity can be felt as asharppainlocalized in the injured region.
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Extremely severe andsharppainbehind the eyes is also a symptom.
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When she had obtained the focus required, she reported asharppainin her spine and the blurring of her eyesight.
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Cholinergic urticaria orsharppainover the entire body induced by elevated body temperature was reported in 32 cases (50%).
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One day, while being bullied, she feels asharppainin her hand.
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Colindres was awakened by asharppainin the side, and discovered that he was sleeping on something.
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A fibres conduct immediate,sharppain.
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Most common symptoms are cold sensitivity,sharppainwhen using force to chew, these pain results from the release of pressure and are very important indicators of a cracked tooth.
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Sometimes it's asharppain.
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