painfully

Example Sentences

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And he has quickly learned that some things remain painfully constant: The Los Angeles Angels remain an unmitigated disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

AI progress, however, has been painfully slow in 2026.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Even Steve Jobs had to learn, painfully, that hardware excellence is not always where the next era is won.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

They were walking uphill from the dock, some moving slowly and painfully, all of them pale and gray.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers