easily hurt
Example Sentences
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Cokley, who is a little person, knows that something as simple as the height of tables at polling places can easily hurt her ability to vote.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022
They often don’t like to be criticized and can be quite moody, and their feelings are easily hurt, especially by their friends.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
The outwardly cold and aloof Peter Cook was in fact a sensitive man, easily hurt.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 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
Their eyes during these conversations look dewy, blurred, pulpy, easily hurt, like the eyes of blind baby kittens; but also sly and speculative, and filled with greed and deceit.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
