painful
Example Sentences
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Although epibatidine has been investigated as a painkiller and for relief from painful inflammatory lung conditions, it is not used clinically because of its toxicity.
From BBC
This is also what makes them so pressurized and painful when they go awry.
These painful conditions develop when tendons are pushed beyond their limits and repeatedly strained.
From Science Daily
Second, fixing most of Europe’s economic problems will require a painful overhaul of European politics.
“It was actually less painful and kind of easier than I thought it would be,” Backs said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
