paining

present participle of pain

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Verb
  • Korean maestro Park Chan-wook’s wildly inventive black comedy No Other Choice was possibly the festival favorite with critics, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ bonkers Bugonia and Sorrentino’s aching La Grazia were also celebrated as exquisite returns to form.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Her endlessly inventive vocal approach and aching tenderness with ballads earned her a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation in 2012.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But reducing the supply of homes available for sale also pushed home prices up, hurting families on the cusp of homeownership.
    Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors spent several minutes resuscitating Luka before making the difficult decision to use a paralyzing agent to stop him from moving and potentially hurting himself.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Paining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paining. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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