1
: feeling pain : hurt
2
: expressing or involving pain
a pained expression
with pained surprise
Examples of pained in a Sentence
She wore a pained expression on her face.
He truly looked pained when he heard the news.
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Trump’s instincts correctly assessed that reality in Anchorage, his pained expression belying the positive claims from Russian and American staffers of how well the meeting had gone.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
There’s no time to get your bearings; an EDM drop smashes everything to pieces, then a pained voice croons in the rubble while drunkenly mashing a detuned guitar.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Trump’s instincts correctly assessed that reality in Anchorage, his pained expression belying the positive claims from Russian and American staffers of how well the meeting had gone.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
The women prayed, then waited in pained silence for twenty minutes.
—Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Pained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pained. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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