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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Good opposing coaches pants him every time (Loyola, of course, being a particularly painful example).
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
And silence can be very painful and be a sign of trauma, as audiences will find out.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Six years later, his older brother also died after a painful illness.
—Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
The treaty remains one of the most painful symbols of foreign domination in Iranian political memory.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
And silence can be very painful and be a sign of trauma, as audiences will find out.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Six years later, his older brother also died after a painful illness.
—Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
The treaty remains one of the most painful symbols of foreign domination in Iranian political memory.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Painful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painful. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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