It was only then that he felt a first tiny twinge of it-might-have-been.

It's hard not to feel a tiny twinge of pity for the Black Crowes.

Now that it is gone, I feel a tiny twinge of panic.

Trebenth sighed, and felt a tiny, irrational twinge of jealousy.

I felt a tiny twinge of something like hope as I considered the dainty white form which stood before us.

Then he smiled in a different way, and she relaxed (with, perhaps, the tiniest twinge of disappointment).

Curiously, she felt only the tiniest twinge of fear.

Boamund felt a tiny twinge of panic, deep down inside his digestive apparatus.

He felt a tiny twinge of annoyance at having to explain himself again.

Invariably when when you've already got a tiny twinge of guilt about something and you're making every effort to submerge it.