pains
Example Sentences
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That spinner of children's nightmares and curer of pains in the belly?
From Literature
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He took pains to make sure it was straight.
From Literature
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Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.
From MarketWatch
Random abdominal pains have afflicted me since college — the price of a stressful job, I always figured.
From Los Angeles Times
Campbell was diagnosed with haemochromatosis just before her 81st birthday, after her GP did a genetic test while investigating the cause of stomach pains.
From BBC
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