hurtful

Example Sentences

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He later tried to back-pedal, claiming he was misquoted, but the country's human rights body found his comments "hurtful and harmful".

From BBC

"There were microphones on the windowsill of my dining room... I was being listened to," Hurley told the court, calling the press intrusion "deeply hurtful".

From Barron's

In tears, she said it was "deeply hurtful" to read the statement of a private investigator who allegedly admitted, in her words to the court on Thursday, "bugging and listening to all my conversations."

From BBC

“It is extremely hurtful. And it shows I have been incredibly naive.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Abd El Fattah's apology, which came in a statement issued in the early hours of Monday morning, said that he understood "how shocking and hurtful" the posts were.

From BBC