painful
Example Sentences
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The country's third largest city has also become a symbol of the corruption that has dogged Albania's painful transition to capitalism, with Albanians paying with their health for recurring scandals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It was painful, but when it was over, Peter was glad,” Shelby said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
"This is a painful moment for our Armed Forces and for the entire nation," Tinubu said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Oh, um, I don’t do scary,” she says when he offers a line from “Frankenstein, “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But every day, what I tried to do was to roll the namesDarren called me around in my head, over over over, until the edges were smooth and the words weren’t so painful.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
