Sentence examples for fleeting pain from inspiring English sources

Inflicting moderate or fleeting pain, for example, does not necessarily constitute torture.

The memo concluded that torture amounts to more than inflicting moderate or fleeting pain, and "must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death".

If you feel a brief but fleeting pain after eating hot or cold foods, it may be a sign of small decay, gum recession, or a loose filling, which, though they should be addressed, are not emergency issues.[5].

Certainly my spirits had been jarred by the confusions, the sensitivities, and the fleeting pains that life and books had sprung on me, especially as a young man.

She had fleeting pains in her joints and deep muscle aches in her back, arms, and legs, and was seen by a rheumatologist, who ordered numerous blood tests but did not arrive at a diagnosis.

Similarly, while driving in heavy traffic or conducting a business meeting, Linda felt fleeting chest pains and was certain that she was having a fatal myocardial infarction, like her father.

I struggled with fleeting joint pains for months.

But we must learn to see past the fleeting period of pain and acknowledge that there is a higher purpose to not getting what (or whom) we want.

All but one of the combatants in Greenwich has limped in and out of post-match press conferences since last Sunday to complain, with varying degrees of subtlety and conviction, about chronic and fleeting aches and pains, from groin to brain, that have hampered their performance and commitment.

Emotional pain is fleeting, too.

But the pain was fleeting and he returned eight minutes later and finished with a game-high 28 points.