pains
Example Sentences
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This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Today, when I think about my career I don’t think about pains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Stokes and McCullum had previously been at pains to insist they had not fallen out during the Ashes, but it is not hard to imagine a scenario where this latest controversy has re-opened old wounds.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
"It pains us when we hear an aeroplane flying overhead," Patni said, adding that their home was near the flight path of the airport in Ahmedabad, the main city in the state of Gujarat.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
I forced myself to wait in the bush a little longer, and while I did, all my pains sank in.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
