pains
Example Sentences
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All the research conducted thus far has been carried out in good faith, he said, adding that these are relatively normal growing pains for a new scientific field.
From Barron's
It pains me to see the scroll missing its beautiful covering of velvet cloth and gemstones.
From Literature
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Very, very good player and that pains me to say as a Birmingham City fan.
From BBC
“If it’s happening to our officers, it pains me to think of how many of our community members it is happening to every day,” Bruley said.
The president has also been at pains to maintain a working relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of a planned Beijing summit in April.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.