As to sleeping, for him it was impossible; whenever his ideas began to fall into that sort of confusion which precedes sleep, suddenly he felt as if his heart were struck or Twinged, and he started with the recollection that some dreadful thing had happened, and wakened to the sense of guilt and all its horrors.
"Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond]"
Maria Edgeworth
He knew this, and deep down in his heart awoke a numbed chord of humanity that Twinged with strange pain.
"The Spirit of the Border A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley"
Zane Grey
Nevah had no rheumatics in my life, an' yere you is, a young man, in a mannah o' speakin', all Twinged up wid rheumatics.
"The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Strength of Gideon; Mammy Peggy's Pride; Viney's Free Papers; The Fruitful Sleeping of The Rev. Elisha Edwards; The Ingrate; The Case of 'Ca'line'; The Finish of Patsy Barnes; One Man's Fortunes; Jim's Probation; U"
Paul Laurence Dunbar