painful
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t painful, but after several weeks I developed alpha-gal syndrome, an increasingly common allergy to red meat, dairy and other mammalian food products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
But until the results come, the families behind those samples face a painful limbo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Back then, stocks were mired in a painful bear market as the Federal Reserve kicked off an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes that many feared would drive the U.S. economy into a recession.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
"He's not an isolated type of person, and so to see him isolated now is very painful," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The sunlight glances off the glaciers, creating painful flashes of light.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
