in pain

idiom

: feeling pain
It was obvious that she was in pain.

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Court records state one man is writhing in pain from the shooting and the other is struggling to crawl and hobble away from the 21-year-old's vehicle. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025 The patient’s hemoglobin level had plummeted; his white cells, or leukocytes, had multiplied; he was doubled over in pain. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, my focus is on my kids and everyone else who loved Rob and is in pain right now. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025 Sena was crying in pain, and so were her new owners, who even questioned whether keeping her alive was cruel. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in pain

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“In pain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pain. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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