Can I use this collocation, a pang of lonliness?

[Rezafo]

Hello,

Based on the definition of the word "pang" as "pain", can I say "A pang of loneliness"? as in:

"As his train was fading away in the horizon, she felt a pang of loneliness".

Also, is a pang of homesick, of misery, and such like adjectives possible?

 

[Raymott]

Yes, but I wouldn't use 'fading away' for a train. 'Disappearing' would be better.
Yes, you can have all those types of pang. Which are the adjectives you're referring to?

 

[jutfrank]

No, you can't use a pang of with adjectives, only nouns: She felt a pang of homesickness.

(misery is a noun, but pang doesn't work with misery.)

 

[Lynxear]

"A pang of loneliness" (you made a spelling mistake which might have affected some answers)

"As his train was fading away in the horizon, she felt a pang of loneliness".

I think this is a great sentence except I would change "in" to "to". You would be showing the direction of the train by this preposition.

As his train was fading away to the horizon, she felt a pang of loneliness.

"Pang" as you say is a pain but it is a sharp pain of imagination, that usually lasts for a short duration .

You can only use this formation "pang of..." with nouns. Every dictionary I have seen has "loneliness" defined as a noun so it is fine in your sentence.

"A pang of homesick" is wrong but "a pang of homesickness" is fine.

"A pang of misery" is technically correct since misery is a noun but does not sound very good to a native English speaker.

I would probably reconstruct the sentence this way in place of misery

She felt miserable, as his train was fading away to the horizon.