painful

Example Sentences

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“It’s a very painful and hard thing to do,” Kanekar said of deploying FDEs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The Oklahoma City Thunder condemned the Los Angeles Lakers to one of the heaviest defeats in their history - one made more painful by an injury to star Luka Doncic.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Velasco referred to the deaths as “absolutely painful, heartbreaking, and of course, also absolutely unacceptable to the Mexican government.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Classifying a patient as cured also allows them to avoid intrusive, and sometimes painful, screening tests, like bone marrow biopsies.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

As if to test my hardiness, Detective Webster gave my hand a painful squeeze.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan