'twinge of fear' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. For example, "I felt a twinge of fear as I watched the storm approach."
The article awakened a suppressed twinge of fear.
In that moment, I felt the first real twinge of fear," Hinton writes in his book.
Facing a rare twinge of fear before entering Afghanistan in 2005, Lindhout turned to Eckhart Tolle's "Power of Now".
We respected them, and with that respect came a healthy twinge of fear coupled with a desire to please.
Deep-seated thrift craves vindication, just as envy wishes for comeuppance, but even the most pious strain admits a twinge of fear in the face of vacancy and failure.
I saw her launch herself and thought, as I dived under the wave, that it seemed bigger, heavier, somehow more sluggish than the others, and I felt a twinge of fear.
Drive among them, and you will feel awe and a few twinges of fear as well.
Behind his condescension there is fear, and behind the fear a twinge of recognition: he knows, looking down at the authoress, that he and all the clever gentlemen of England have finally met their match.
This unearthly noise provokes in him a shiver of fear and the twinge of a long-discarded memory.
I never expected to be battling my own judgments coupled with constant twinges of panic and fear about what others would think of me.
At home, the man on the couch, though filled with admiration for his other, better self, feels a twinge of jealousy, and even, strangely, something like fear.
