hurt
Example Sentences
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It has the feel of a soothingly looped AI screen saver, a trance-inducing spell where nothing matters so long as your high heels aren’t hurting your feet.
From Los Angeles Times
“Hard, sometimes, find your place, especially when you have a gift. Can make mistakes along the way, can hurt others or yourself even.”
From Literature
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The rocks were hard but not heavy, and when they bounced off the trees and hit Buzz, Eric, and Adam, it didn’t hurt.
From Literature
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Noting the life-or-death stakes of transportation safety regulations, Horton said the agency’s leaders “want to go fast and break things, but going fast and breaking things means people are going to get hurt.”
From Salon
"It really hurt me to see that child in that situation," Nina said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.