paining

present participle of pain

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Verb
  • That contradiction of hope and aching despair goes beyond the music, running right through the roots of the show.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Though D’Angelo only released three albums in his lifetime, his beloved 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, followed by 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, Hill wrote that the singer’s aching vulnerability and incomparable passion moved, and inspired, the culture.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Also, Arraez's defense is poor, hurting his value all the more and making his reasonable market rate unclear.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Are these buzzwords helping — or hurting — the workplace?
    Tom Chavez, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Paining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paining. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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