painful

Example Sentences

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"As for her last words, like much of her loss, it's all rather cloudy and painful," he said.

From BBC

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she was "devastated" by the allegations against Chavez and her memory of him was now "painful".

From BBC

CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy, which sounds painful, but isn’t as awful as it sounds.

From Literature

And it was a very painful thing, to be unloved.

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times