acute pain

Example Sentences

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Officials said the symptoms he reportedly experienced—paralysis, acute pain and respiratory failure—are consistent with epibatidine poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Seeing pieces of Ian in her daughter’s face could trigger “the most acute pain I’ve ever been in,” Lamphere told me.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

The team is also interested in an unexpected outcome: although the infiltrating macrophages sped up healing, they did not appear to reduce acute pain.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

Vertex hasn’t yet achieved broad reimbursement for Journavx, its acute pain medication, and we anticipate a more meaningful revenue contribution later this year after the third major pharmacy benefit manager comes online.

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

Colonel Cathcart demanded of Colonel Korn with a look of acute pain, tenderly nursing the spot where Colonel Korn had just jabbed him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller