How to Use hurt in a Sentence

hurt

1 of 2 verb

• The lack of rain has hurt the corn crop.
• It hurt me to see her go.
• My tooth still hurts me.
• Their lack of interest in her work hurt her deeply.
• Be careful with that knife or you could hurt yourself.
• She was badly hurt in a car accident.
• If we lose this game it will seriously hurt our chances of making the play-offs.
• You're only hurting yourself by holding a grudge against them.
• Ouch! You're hurting my arm!
• When I woke up this morning I hurt all over.
• This idea of wanting to love someone and hurt them at the same time.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Of course, the vintage Louis Vuitton luggage at the foot of the bed doesn't hurt.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• Nobody got hurt, but one year Mr. Jones kicked the fish tank over.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Plus, the fact that Oprah has deemed them one of her favorite things sure doesn’t hurt.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
• Open the lancet and press it into the tip of your finger along the side (pricking the pad can hurt more).
  — Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
• He’s got to catch Spence in between his punches to hurt him.
  — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• One day that foot's not going to hurt anymore, and the fever's going to go down.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
• The fact that the the bottle looks like something out of Marie Antoinette's wardrobe doesn't hurt either.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
• Milk chocolate, which is high in sugar and dairy, is more likely to hurt than help.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• Because that’s going to lead to more articles and James doesn’t want to hurt Supreme.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Did the pandemic bailout help low-wage workers, or hurt them?
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• So far, Trump's decision to duck out of the debates hasn't hurt his poll numbers.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The legs may hurt at night, and the body often feels uncomfortable when trying to sleep.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 15 Mar. 2024
• Our goal each week is not to hurt ourselves, win the turnover margin, produce in special teams.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2023
• Beware practicing the kind of humor that hurts more than helps your child, though.
  — Bob Brody, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• To be sure, there are inherent risks with pawn shops that could hurt the stocks.
  — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
• And what hurts us much more is not writing.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• My bones hurt a little bit more.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
• Aluminum foil can be a short-term solution to scare them away from your house because of its sharp edges that hurt their mouths and noisy crinkling sounds.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
• Our hero practices a lot, gets frustrated, gets hurt, but still succeeds.
  — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026

hurt

2 of 2 noun

• She tried to put past hurts behind her.
• Her sympathy eased the hurt he felt after his dog's death.
• They felt a great hurt after their bitter divorce.
• As long as the hurt is quick, maybe the harm could be too.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
• The Padres are suddenly putting the hurt on the Phillies.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 20 Oct. 2022
• The hurt of that day still gnaws at him, the details of the killing still fresh in his mind.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2022
• The tears streaking the faces of the Silverwolves showed how much the lost hurt.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
• The jury had deadlocked on the charges in her case, adding to her hurt.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 16 June 2023
• The wrong sports bra could leave you in a world of hurt when things start bouncing.
  — Nikhita Mahtani, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
• There’s a very strong sense of hurt, sadness, a lot ogrie.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2022
• That was part of my goal to show the hurt behind her actions.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 5 Feb. 2022
• But maybe, just maybe, that was coming from a place of hurt.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• Love, too often, gets buried in a world of hurt and fear.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 22 June 2023
• That could put a hurt on the Bengals’ push to return to the Super Bowl.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
• That makes it about your need to be absolved, not their hurt.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 11 Feb. 2023
• The 29-year-old hurt his knee March 3 in Dallas and has missed the past seven games.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022
• Shorten that lag and save yourself from a world of hurt.
  — Justin Hale, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• Is your Achilles' heel the hurt that comes with rejection?
  — Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022
• But despite the hurt from the loss, Wolfe knows there are a lot of teams that would switch places with the Bulldogs in a heartbeat.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2022
• Gary and Cameron both know a thing or two about familial hurt.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
• That is an amazing act of resistance in the face of hurt, an amazing act of love in the face of hate.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• The Lions and her nephew are poised for even greater things next year, but that doesn't take away the hurt of Sunday night.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
• But the big new contract and bright future hasn't quelled all of Freeman's hurt.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 19 Mar. 2022
• Moving on from a past hurt might be this day's main challenge.
  — Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2022
• But some of us are better equipped to tend to the hurt and move on, while others struggle for years to come.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
• Friday never had to witness the hurt to know things had gone south.
  — Bonnie Garmus, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
• What about the hurt already caused to her?
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
• The hurt was just too much for him.
  — Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Still, the hurt kept bubbling to the surface.
  — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• Being rejected hurts, and finding success may not erase the emotional residue of all those prior rebuffs.
  — Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026