pained
Example Sentences
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He was pained and frightened: He’d never seen such a thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I am pained to see the events of the past 10 days. This is not a matter of personal prestige for me," Pradhan said in a statement posted on social media platform X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
In doing a television interview in the aftermath, Lewis Ferguson looked pained and upset.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
When I was in second grade, during a parent teacher conference, my teacher was pained to tell my mother that her son would never learn to read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He grabs the hand sanitizer, but first cleans his own hands and the bottle before handing it to her with a pained smile.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
