Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pain

[peyn] / peɪn /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

If that change is treated as a new case of high blood pressure, a patient may receive another medication instead of having the original pain treatment reconsidered.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

The generational distance that has muffled the pain of 2001 is also seen in California’s varied educational approach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

No one should have to endure such horrible, public pain, experienced simultaneously with a nationwide convulsion.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Resilience, perhaps, is not only the capacity to endure but also the willingness to acknowledge pain and give it language.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

The pain that had stopped it from hunting, wheeling through the skies above its cloudy kingdom.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

So, does that mean Ohtani feels like he could be more up-front with the team about his physical well-being, regardless of whether he thinks he can play through aches and pains?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

"I realised everything it had cost me -- all those hospitalisations, those surgeries, the schooling I missed and, above all, those pains I had never associated with that damn IUD," said Kirstine Najarak Berthelsen.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

It is too early to tell if these are short-term learning pains or structural issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She tried not to worry even though she'd been experiencing some pains and problems with this pregnancy that she didn't remember having before.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Pradhan announced his resignation on X in a post in Hindi saying he "respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations of the youth" and was "pained by the events" of the past few days.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Dark pigment pushed into claw-like scratches feels like a peek into a figure’s spiritual void; fleshy hues bring out nicks and lines that enliven characters’ faces—some pained, others contemplative.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“It’s very frustrating,” Doncic said between Games 1 and 2, standing with his hands in his pockets, pained to report that he wasn’t close to returning, five weeks into his eight-week return-to-work timeline.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

"We are deeply pained by the accident...which has preliminarily left more than 38 people injured and 3 dead," Popayan mayor Juan Carlos Munoz wrote on X.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

After being refused reconsideration, she asked her caseworker in pained exasperation, “Am I going to be a criminal for the rest of my life?”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

A second person said: "The bolt challenge is paining me because it’s innocent and hardworking people on both sides that are suffering for the wickedness and thoughtlessness of other people. Really unfair."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2024

“She can feel pain, and she starts crying, saying, ‘It is here and it is rising and it is paining here and here.'”

From Seattle Times May 11, 2024

“Oh, it was a hurting, paining feeling going through my heart to know that something like that would happen on this street.”

From Fox News Aug. 10, 2019

Your silhouette appears on the paining, sometimes surrounded by a glowing aura.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2019

Roosevelt had more than just hunger paining him.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




Vocabulary lists containing pain


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training