You know your emotions have gotten the better of you when you start to feel pangs of regret for what you've said or done. (parentingideas.com.au)
I have major pangs of regret for not picking up all the Tucker dresses when they were reissued. (lindsayliving.com)
Occasionally I'm annoyed by a fly buzzing slowly past me (and I'm reminded of a line from a hymn my grandfather claimed to have sung: «There may be flies on you and me, but there ain't no flies on Jesus») Once in a while I feel twinges of boredom as the sermon wears on, or pangs of regret as my mind wanders back to the letters I meant to write the past week. (religion-online.org)