pain
Example Sentences
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Freeman is seeking unspecified monetary damages for alleged violations of her constitutional rights, damage to her reputation, and pain and suffering, according to her claim.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Trailing 6-2 3-4 against Karolina Pliskova, the Canadian teenager cried out in pain as she went down clutching her knee and she limped off the court in tears.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Bang has limited contact with her grown-up daughter, and fell into severe depression after major back surgery, spending hours alone staring at the ceiling in pain.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
One of those faces new to me belonged to Charles R., who I was advised by second period had “the cooties” and must therefore, on pain of social suicide, be shunned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Soon he was in agony, but worse than the pain of continuing was the thought of sinking down into this black, still hole, never to see light and air again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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