pains
Example Sentences
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I use cruise control as often as possible not just to maintain a constant speed but to save my aging legs from aches and pains.
Mr Bailey was at pains to say the direction of travel next year remained cuts, but that decisions would now be a closer call.
From BBC
Soldiers navigating Hawaiian terrain took great pains to blend into it, shrinking command posts to a handful of trucks, draping vehicles with camouflage nets and vegetation, and painting their faces with thick stripes of green.
Besides choosing an unusual take on a common plot, Ms. Swyler gets bonus points for making appealing protagonists of older women with pains in their hips and regrets in their relationships.
Baylee said she thinks the negative reaction to the countdowns and album rollout are “growing pains” from Swift’s career reaching the stratosphere with the Eras Tour.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
