in pain

idiom

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

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After the play, Rice could be seen grabbing his facemask while apparently being in pain from the contact. Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 Achane got up in pain and was examined in the medical tent. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 Bloody nostrils, mouths twisted in pain, eyes wide with the same despair found in Courbet’s The Desperate Man. Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025 Kash also films discreetly from inside her purse as her daughter begins pushing and crying out in pain in the waiting room. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 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 11 Dec. 2025.

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