easily hurt
Example Sentences
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“Any mishap in the seawater discharges and its sampling results would easily hurt the reputation of the fish, so we have to carefully watch and make sure everything is as planned,” Goto said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
She fusses over me kindly, offering drinks – a world away from the nervous, shy, deeply rattled and easily hurt woman I have just watched in Clint Eastwood’s new movie, Richard Jewell.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2020
Danforth described Tom Schweich as “a person easily hurt and quickly offended” and said, “I told him I didn’t think he had the temperament for elective politics.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2015
I am extremely sensitive to the people around me; quite easily hurt and emotionally manipulated by men in my life.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2013
This, despite her easily hurt look, her ingratiating ways.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
