Examples of pained in a Sentence

She wore a pained expression on her face. He truly looked pained when he heard the news.

Recent Examples on the Web Seale compares a pained area to a river punctuated with rocks that change or block the flow of water. — Jamie Rosen, Robb Report, 31 July 2022 Colman has become a go-to actor for masking pained personal histories behind either brittle snappishness or bluff affability; Reid’s ingenuous, old-soul charm is a winning foil for that defensive quality. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 July 2022 Davido wrote in a pained and sprawling Instagram post a week after his confidant’s death. — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2022 Suddenly Tyson reenacted a scene from one of his famous fights, leaving the poor little passenger with a pained expression. — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 Leaphorn and his wife (Deanna Allison), meanwhile, are recovering from a personal tragedy, with McClarnon's pained expressions every time his family history comes up doing a lot of work in conveying the mileage that the character carries. — Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 June 2022 Daddy vetoed this with the pained but patient mien afforded anything in poor taste. — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Hough said, stretching her bright-red lips into a pained smile, after their opening number, a schmaltzy ditty written by Criss. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 And through it all Murphy has held our attention with his pained, handsome, watery-eyed charisma. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 June 2022 See More

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