Examples of painful in a Sentence
I got a painful sunburn.
We can't ignore our country's painful history of slavery.
His questions brought up a lot of painful memories.
It was painful to watch.
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Talking about—and even simply being around—death is thought to be a painful experience.
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Julie McFadden, TIME, 10 June 2024
Advertisement That’s why a recent poll done for The Times by NORC at the University of Chicago and paid for by the California Endowment brought me some hope about this country’s long, painful journey toward accepting LGBTQ+ people — and was also a gut check on how much work there still is to do.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's Sierra Gates is opening up about a tattoo experience that caused an extremely painful infection.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
One of them, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid prosecution, said that at the time patients were not given enough painkillers during painful procedures.
—Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Julie McFadden, TIME, 10 June 2024
Advertisement That’s why a recent poll done for The Times by NORC at the University of Chicago and paid for by the California Endowment brought me some hope about this country’s long, painful journey toward accepting LGBTQ+ people — and was also a gut check on how much work there still is to do.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's Sierra Gates is opening up about a tattoo experience that caused an extremely painful infection.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
One of them, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid prosecution, said that at the time patients were not given enough painkillers during painful procedures.
—Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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“Painful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painful. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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