pained

Example Sentences

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"We are deeply pained by the accident...which has preliminarily left more than 38 people injured and 3 dead," Popayan mayor Juan Carlos Munoz wrote on X.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

A Father Christmas figure is pictured looking pained in the water at the foot of a rock.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

He has a few moments that play so close to comedy — say, whining to be let into the bathroom — that you wish the movie would do more to encourage our pained, guttural laughs.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

At times he sighed and looked up at the ceiling, appearing pained.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Werner looks pained, as if dragged there by the scruff of his neck.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti