painful sight
Example Sentences
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"It is a painful sight to go through the centre of the city… you have a number of abandoned buildings, buildings that have been hijacked, that are not paying your rates and taxes."
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
Scott remembers the fourth round from 10 years ago at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, a painful sight for anyone in possession of a heart.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
So having the home stadium as the backdrop for the big game could be a painful sight either on television or in person.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2018
It’s a painful sight, but sometimes seeing the ugly is preferable to burying our heads in the sand.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2016
A caged canary is hardly a painful sight, but a caged eagle stirs one with regret.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
