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painful sight

noun as in sorry sight

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Example Sentences

Mrs. Starr and Dot had turned away that they might not witness the painful sight, for they loved the creature.

I squatted down instantly behind a thick rosebush; then, rising to peer cautiously, I saw a most painful sight.

There is no more painful sight for a man who dislikes the waste of human energy than a court engaged in discussing such a point.

When the strong and the brave give way, it is always a painful sight, and now Mollie's tears were as the final straw to Strause.

Nothing more was necessary and she turned from the painful sight to Lucia, who had succeeded in what she had attempted.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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