The phrase "first pangs" refers to the initial signs of a feeling or sensation, often associated with hunger or longing. It indicates the beginning stages of a particular emotion or physical sensation.
Sentences with «first pangs»
Not much discussion was ever given to really listening to the journey of the other person, and I must say that as I was researching this story I met some very nice people who looked me straight in the eye and said that when I was experiencing the first pangs of opposite sex attraction they were experiencing that for someone of the same sex. (nakedpastor.com)
Only when a margin of leisure for reflection came to intervene between the task and its execution did the workman experience the first pangs of taedium vitae. (religion-online.org)
This is the beginning the first pang — of the resurrection of the body into eternal life. (religion-online.org)